Ruth

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

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 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2024 with 102 babies (rank #297 that year). In 2024 it was given to 102 girls (rank #297). The name has been rising 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.

2,315

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

102

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Also a character in

In Bible: Ruth — Moabite great-grandmother of David

Famous people named Ruth

Ruth Bader GinsburgMember of the Constitutional Court of Austria · b. 1933
Ruth Benedictanthropologist · b. 1887
Ruth Gordonfilm actor · b. 1896
Ruthb. 1400 BC
Ruth Prawer Jhabvalanovelist · b. 1927

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1991	52	#493
1992	79	#365
1993	63	#429
1994	53	#455
1995	61	#453
1996	53	#487
1997	53	#479
1998	65	#400
1999	47	#526
2000	63	#409
2001	51	#497
2002	54	#461
2003	51	#500
2004	60	#453
2005	60	#465
2006	65	#456
2007	60	#496
2008	68	#471
2009	53	#575
2010	59	#512
2011	65	#488
2012	68	#454
2013	75	#429
2014	67	#480
2015	78	#423
2016	83	#407
2017	81	#409
2018	74	#433
2019	78	#411
2020	94	#333
2021	99	#327
2022	91	#318
2023	90	#327
2024	102	#297