Girls' name · since 1976
Rut
Rut has 846 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,439 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,494 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 846
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
846 babies have been named Rut since 1976, making it today's #8494 girls' name.
Rut has 846 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8494 as of the latest data, more common than 51% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2025.
- #8,439 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,494 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 846 born since 1976
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rut ranks #8,439 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,494 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 846 born since 1976, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,439 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,494 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 846
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Rut's 846 recorded births place it above 88.33% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Rut compares
846 Top 35% higher than 65% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Rut's all-time total is 125% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rut | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 846 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 38 | 21 | 19,840 |
Rut's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rut's full recorded timeline at 2002, 66% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 34% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 38 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rut popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 38
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Rut by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (269 births, 32% of the file).
2000s was Rut's strongest decade.
269 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Rut births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 15
1970s
15 births
- 1980s 72
1980s
72 births
- 1990s
1990s
152 births
- 2000s
2000s
269 births
- 2010s
2010s
236 births
- 2020s 102
2020s
102 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 269 births (32% of all-time use).
How Rut compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Rut's total volume
Rut by state
Where Rut concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 72 | 8.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 52 | 6.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #5 | New York | | 5 | 0.6% |
72 of 846 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Rut's data
- Rut's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (269 total births) through the 2020s (102) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Ruts (72 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Rut: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~49 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1976–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Rut draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.