Ruthetta — girls' name
83 babies named Ruthetta in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1927. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Ruthetta was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Ruthetta in 1927 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ruthetta
The Social Security Administration has registered 83 babies named Ruthetta between 1917 and 1946, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ruthetta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1946. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ruthetta performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 34 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ruthetta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ruthetta 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 83 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.
Ruthetta at a glance
Last recorded 1946Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ruthetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–1917
- Peak year (1927)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1946.
83 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1927 with 9 births in a single year.
Ruthetta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 34 births that decade — 41% of Ruthetta's all-time total
Ruthetta decade highlights
- Peak decade 34 births
- Runner-up 25 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Ruthetta's strongest decade
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1917–1946 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.