Girls' name · since 1914
Ruthmary
Ruthmary has 214 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1922 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,124 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 214
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
214 girls have been named Ruthmary since 1914, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ruthmary has been recorded 214 times among girls since 1914, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 1949.
- #19,124 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 214 born since 1914
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ruthmary ranks #19,124 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 214 born since 1914, peaking in the 1920s.
- #19,124 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 214
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Ruthmary's 214 recorded births place it above 73.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ruthmary's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ruthmary's full recorded timeline at 1927, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1915, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1922 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ruthmary popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1949
- Peak year (1922)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Ruthmary by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (91 births, 43% of the file).
1920s was Ruthmary's strongest decade.
91 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Ruthmary births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
47 births
- 1920s
1920s
91 births
- 1930s
1930s
48 births
- 1940s 28
1940s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 91 births (43% of all-time use).
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What to do with Ruthmary's data
- Ruthmary's decade-level peak was the 1920s (91 total births); usage has since declined to 28 in the 1940s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ruthmary: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1922)
Similar record span (~35 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1914–1949 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ruthmary draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.