Ruthella — girls' name

What the Data Says About Ruthella

The Social Security Administration has registered 262 babies named Ruthella between 1912 and 1957, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ruthella currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1957. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ruthella performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 129 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Ruthella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ruthella in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ruthella 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 262 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.