Ruther — girls' name

What the Data Says About Ruther

The Social Security Administration has registered 601 babies named Ruther between 1910 and 1964, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ruther currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1964. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ruther performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 207 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Ruther shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 26 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by South Carolina and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Ruther in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ruther 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 601 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.