girls:
1.2k births since 1896
#4512 (21st percentile)
boys:
292 births since 1896
#4294 (6th percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1896
#6246 (19th percentile)
The name Rue is the #6,246 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,499 recorded births since 1896. This represents the 19.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 19.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,512 (21.0% percentile) for all time with 1,207 births since 1896. For boys, it ranks #4,294 (6.3% percentile) for all time with 292 births since 1896.
Rue first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1896 . Birth data for Rue is available in 66 out of the 128 years between 1896 and 2023 (61 years for girls and 34 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Rue has been given predominantly to girls, with 80.5% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 93.8% of babies named Rue were girls. Interestingly, until around 1900, the name was more popular for boys (50.0% boys from 1896 to 1899), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (80.7% girls from 1900 to 2023).
For girls, Rue reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 18.8% percentile (ranked #769) with 105 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 105 births per million (ranked 18.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2008, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Rue is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #769 (18.8% percentile) with 105 births per million.
For boys, Rue reached its peak popularity in 1917, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #506) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 1896, with 39 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Rue ranks #904 for boys (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 16.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rue".
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