Ruthie — #883 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Ruthie

The Social Security Administration has registered 22,271 babies named Ruthie between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ruthie currently holds the #883 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 428 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ruthie performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 3,945 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Ruthie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 2,582 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Ruthie in 35 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ruthie 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 22,271 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.