Ruthel — girls' name

What the Data Says About Ruthel

The Social Security Administration has registered 153 babies named Ruthel between 1915 and 1955, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ruthel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1955. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ruthel performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 53 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Ruthel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Arkansas, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ruthel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ruthel 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 153 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.