Ruth is a common female given name, noted from Ruth, the eponymous heroine of the Book of Ruth.
From Wikipedia
Ruth first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 22 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1961 with 169 babies (rank #75 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.
Numerology of Ruth
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Ruth yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
22Destiny numberThe master builderTurns visions into structures — a heightened 4.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
3Soul urgeThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
1PersonalityThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.
Numerology isn't science — it's name-themed fortune-telling. Enjoy it that way.
2,234
Total babies (all years)
22
Years in the data
169
Peak in a single year
Popularity Over Time — Girls
Also a character in
In Bible: Ruth — Moabite great-grandmother of David
