Girls' name · since 1916
Ruthell
Ruthell has 234 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1926 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,247 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 234
- born since 1916
- 1930s
- peak decade
Ruthell is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 234 have been recorded since 1916.
Ruthell has 234 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1959.
- #18,247 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 234 born since 1916
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ruthell ranks #18,247 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 234 born since 1916, peaking in the 1930s.
- #18,247 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 234
- born since 1916
- 1930s
- peak decade
Ruthell's 234 recorded births place it above 74.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ruthell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ruthell's full recorded timeline at 1937, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1940, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1926 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ruthell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1959
- Peak year (1926)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Ruthell by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (78 births, 33% of the file).
1930s was Ruthell's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Ruthell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 13
1910s
13 births
- 1920s
1920s
68 births
- 1930s
1930s
78 births
- 1940s
1940s
55 births
- 1950s 20
1950s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 78 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Ruthell's decade-level peak was the 1930s (78 total births); usage has since declined to 20 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ruthell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1926)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1916–1959 (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 Ruthell 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.