Girls' name · since 1944
Ruthan
Ruthan has 21 recorded births since 1944 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1957 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #45,614 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 21
- born since 1944
- 1950s
- peak decade
21 girls have been named Ruthan since 1944, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Ruthan has 21 recorded births among girls since 1944, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 1957.
- #45,614 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 21 born since 1944
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ruthan ranks #45,614 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 21 born since 1944, peaking in the 1950s.
- #45,614 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 21
- born since 1944
- 1950s
- peak decade
Ruthan's 21 recorded births place it above 36.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ruthan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ruthan splits its recorded history at 1951: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1944 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1957 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ruthan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–1957
- Peak year (1957)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Ruthan by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (11 births, 52% of the file).
1950s was Ruthan's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Ruthan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
10 births
- 1950s
1950s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 11 births (52% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ruthan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1957)
Similar record span (~13 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, 1944–1957 (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 Ruthan 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.