Ruthe — girls' name

What the Data Says About Ruthe

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,949 babies named Ruthe between 1898 and 1973, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ruthe currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1973. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 122 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ruthe performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 877 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Ruthe shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 127 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Ruthe in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ruthe in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,949 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.