Primarily a girl's name · 99% girls
Origin: EnglishRuby is a predominantly feminine given name taken from the name of the gemstone ruby. The name of the gemstone comes from the Latin rubinus, meaning red. The ruby is the birthstone for the month of July.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Ruby yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Ruby is essentially unchanged across the last ten years, gaining only 3% to reach 3,517 births in 2024. Its real story is much older: the rank peaked first, #22 in 1911, while the raw count didn't reach its own high, 8,406 births, until 1924 — 13 years apart, with total births now standing at 376,074 since 1880.
Barbara Stanwyck and Ruby Dee anchor it in classic Hollywood; radio astronomer Ruby Payne-Scott gives it real scientific weight too, active from the 1940s onward.
Why did you choose this name — or what does it mean to you? Approved stories appear on this page.
→ See names similar to Ruby · Compare Ruby with another name → · Popular names of the 1920s · Girls names starting with R
Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 92 | #149 |
| 1881 | 119 | #133 |
| 1882 | 136 | #132 |
| 1883 | 163 | #127 |
| 1884 | 244 | #109 |
| 1885 | 272 | #106 |
| 1886 | 301 | #106 |
| 1887 | 309 | #105 |
| 1888 | 445 | #94 |
| 1889 | 522 | #78 |
| 1890 | 540 | #81 |
| 1891 | 554 | #80 |
| 1892 | 695 | #74 |
| 1893 | 769 | #71 |
| 1894 | 874 | #67 |
| 1895 | 954 | #66 |
| 1896 | 994 | #66 |
| 1897 | 1,025 | #57 |
| 1898 | 1,191 | #58 |
| 1899 | 1,103 | #52 |
| 1900 | 1,540 | #51 |
| 1901 | 1,225 | #49 |
| 1902 | 1,458 | #47 |
| 1903 | 1,538 | #42 |
| 1904 | 1,701 | #41 |
| 1905 | 1,885 | #38 |
| 1906 | 1,962 | #36 |
| 1907 | 2,113 | #34 |
| 1908 | 2,229 | #33 |
| 1909 | 2,524 | #27 |
| 1910 | 2,893 | #27 |
| 1911 | 3,372 | #22 |
| 1912 | 4,452 | #23 |
| 1913 | 4,913 | #23 |
| 1914 | 5,625 | #24 |
| 1915 | 7,237 | #24 |
| 1916 | 7,686 | #23 |
| 1917 | 7,662 | #27 |
| 1918 | 8,134 | #27 |
| 1919 | 8,334 | #24 |
| 1920 | 8,336 | #26 |
| 1921 | 8,333 | #26 |
| 1922 | 8,003 | #26 |
| 1923 | 8,232 | #25 |
| 1924 | 8,406 | #26 |
| 1925 | 7,843 | #30 |
| 1926 | 7,476 | #30 |
| 1927 | 7,264 | #30 |
| 1928 | 6,692 | #34 |
| 1929 | 6,152 | #36 |
| 1930 | 5,993 | #36 |
| 1931 | 5,331 | #39 |
| 1932 | 5,469 | #38 |
| 1933 | 4,944 | #43 |
| 1934 | 4,977 | #39 |
| 1935 | 4,765 | #41 |
| 1936 | 4,226 | #51 |
| 1937 | 4,289 | #52 |
| 1938 | 3,941 | #61 |
| 1939 | 3,712 | #67 |
| 1940 | 3,619 | #66 |
| 1941 | 3,581 | #69 |
| 1942 | 3,519 | #77 |
| 1943 | 3,470 | #82 |
| 1944 | 3,190 | #87 |
| 1945 | 2,904 | #95 |
| 1946 | 3,050 | #105 |
| 1947 | 3,069 | #112 |
| 1948 | 2,894 | #114 |
| 1949 | 2,577 | #123 |
| 1950 | 2,414 | #130 |
| 1951 | 2,351 | #140 |
| 1952 | 2,375 | #145 |
| 1953 | 2,342 | #150 |
| 1954 | 2,143 | #162 |
| 1955 | 2,009 | #173 |
| 1956 | 1,992 | #179 |
| 1957 | 1,783 | #197 |
| 1958 | 1,639 | #202 |
| 1959 | 1,501 | #215 |
| 1960 | 1,387 | #229 |
| 1961 | 1,278 | #245 |
| 1962 | 1,148 | #263 |
| 1963 | 1,382 | #236 |
| 1964 | 1,113 | #270 |
| 1965 | 985 | #276 |
| 1966 | 807 | #311 |
| 1967 | 745 | #318 |
| 1968 | 639 | #352 |
| 1969 | 681 | #343 |
| 1970 | 695 | #358 |
| 1971 | 730 | #346 |
| 1972 | 638 | #348 |
| 1973 | 635 | #345 |
| 1974 | 601 | #359 |
| 1975 | 628 | #346 |
| 1976 | 616 | #348 |
| 1977 | 601 | #364 |
| 1978 | 628 | #347 |
| 1979 | 661 | #351 |
| 1980 | 659 | #357 |
| 1981 | 677 | #346 |
| 1982 | 622 | #371 |
| 1983 | 591 | #378 |
| 1984 | 595 | #380 |
| 1985 | 593 | #384 |
| 1986 | 558 | #401 |
| 1987 | 631 | #369 |
| 1988 | 621 | #385 |
| 1989 | 765 | #329 |
| 1990 | 954 | #291 |
| 1991 | 1,004 | #277 |
| 1992 | 1,040 | #272 |
| 1993 | 1,033 | #266 |
| 1994 | 1,031 | #271 |
| 1995 | 1,053 | #260 |
| 1996 | 985 | #295 |
| 1997 | 1,040 | #280 |
| 1998 | 1,207 | #256 |
| 1999 | 1,209 | #261 |
| 2000 | 1,266 | #258 |
| 2001 | 1,365 | #232 |
| 2002 | 1,579 | #208 |
| 2003 | 1,707 | #189 |
| 2004 | 2,120 | #158 |
| 2005 | 2,472 | #130 |
| 2006 | 2,582 | #137 |
| 2007 | 2,900 | #116 |
| 2008 | 3,020 | #113 |
| 2009 | 3,019 | #108 |
| 2010 | 2,797 | #113 |
| 2011 | 2,769 | #109 |
| 2012 | 2,918 | #105 |
| 2013 | 3,319 | #93 |
| 2014 | 3,429 | #90 |
| 2015 | 3,467 | #83 |
| 2016 | 3,847 | #71 |
| 2017 | 3,587 | #79 |
| 2018 | 3,590 | #74 |
| 2019 | 3,738 | #66 |
| 2020 | 3,339 | #74 |
| 2021 | 3,596 | #62 |
| 2022 | 3,619 | #62 |
| 2023 | 3,356 | #65 |
| 2024 | 3,517 | #63 |
