girls:
906 births since 1913
#4810 (16th percentile)
overall:
906 births since 1913
#6833 (12th percentile)
The name Ruthy is the #6,833 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 906 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 11.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,810 (15.8% percentile) for all time with 906 births since 1913.
Ruthy first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (first recorded for girls in 1913). Birth data for Ruthy is available in 92 out of the 111 years between 1913 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Ruthy reached its peak popularity in 1958, achieving the 3.1% percentile (ranked #741) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1958, with 14 births per million (ranked 3.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Ruthy ranks #941 for girls (0.6% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 44.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ruthy".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Ruthy is pronounced as RUE-thee, which has 2 syllables.
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