girls:
2.6k births since 1918
#3360 (41st percentile)
overall:
2.6k births since 1918
#5217 (33rd percentile)
The name Ruthanne is the #5,217 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,649 recorded births since 1918. This represents the 32.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 32.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,360 (41.2% percentile) for all time with 2,649 births since 1918.
Ruthanne first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1918 (first recorded for girls in 1918).
For girls, Ruthanne reached its peak popularity in 1946, achieving the 12.9% percentile (ranked #574) with 56 births per million. The name was most common in 1946, with 56 births per million (ranked 12.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Ruthanne ranks #937 for girls (1.1% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 15.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ruthanne".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Ruthanne. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 35.4% confident that Ruthanne is pronounced as rue-THAN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is RUE-THAN, at 29.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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