US BIRTHS · 1880–2025

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NAMES LIKE RUTHIE

Same rise and fall as Ruthie, around the same years.

WHERE RUTHIE IS POPULAR · 2024

In 2024, Ruthie ranked highest in Alabama (#550) and lowest in California (#3,745). 25 states had fewer than 5 babies with the name, too few to list.

TOP 1011–5051–200200+UNDER 5 BABIES

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Ruthie name popularity

Ruthie has been given to 22,656 babies in the United States since 1880.

It peaked in 1927, when 428 babies got the name, and its best rank was #572 in 1935.

In 2025, 349 babies were named Ruthie (#1,515 in the country), 18% below the peak. That is up 160% from 2015.

Almost every Ruthie is a girl.

An estimated 12K people named Ruthie are alive in the US today, with a median age of 66.

HOW IT WORKS

The chart is the number of US babies given the name each year, from the Social Security Administration’s public baby-name files (names given to 5+ babies in a year). The “all-time high” is the name’s biggest year. “Holders” and “median holder age” are rough estimates that apply average US survival rates to each birth year, so they ignore immigration and name changes.

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