Rutu — girls' name
10 babies named Rutu in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Rutu was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Rutu in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rutu
The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Rutu between 1998 and 2001, spanning 4 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rutu currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rutu performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Rutu shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rutu 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 10 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.
Rutu at a glance
Last recorded 2001Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rutu popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–1998
- Peak year (1998)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 4 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2001.
10 total births across 4 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 5 births in a single year.
Rutu by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 5 births that decade — 50% of Rutu's all-time total
Rutu decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Rutu's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% 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, 1998–2001 (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.