girls:
601 births since 1910
#5115 (10th percentile)
boys:
6 births since 1925
#4580 (0th percentile)
overall:
607 births since 1910
#7132 (8th percentile)
The name Ruther is the #7,132 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 607 recorded births since 1910. This represents the 7.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,115 (10.5% percentile) for all time with 601 births since 1910. For boys, it ranks #4,580 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 1925.
Ruther first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1910 (1910 for girls and 1925 for boys). Birth data for Ruther is available in 46 out of the 55 years between 1910 and 1964 (46 years for girls and 1 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 Ruther has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.0% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Ruther reached its peak popularity in 1926, achieving the 3.8% percentile (ranked #581) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 1926, with 23 births per million (ranked 3.8% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1964.
For boys, Ruther reached its peak popularity in 1925, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #545) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1925, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1925.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ruther".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Ruther. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 50.0% confident that Ruther is pronounced as RUH-ther, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is RUE-ther, at 22.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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