Ruthellen — girls' name

What the Data Says About Ruthellen

The Social Security Administration has registered 171 babies named Ruthellen between 1918 and 1965, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ruthellen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1965. The name reached its historical peak in 1940, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ruthellen performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 74 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Ruthellen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ruthellen 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 171 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.