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 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1920 with 26,102 babies (rank #5 that year). In 2024 it was given to 1,767 girls (rank #172). 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.

837,080

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

26,102

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
1880	234	#93
1881	275	#84
1882	323	#80
1883	387	#74
1884	442	#74
1885	506	#70
1886	581	#66
1887	627	#62
1888	850	#59
1889	1,073	#46
1890	1,195	#46
1891	1,857	#19
1892	3,290	#5
1893	3,658	#3
1894	3,372	#6
1895	3,551	#6
1896	3,905	#5
1897	3,878	#5
1898	4,249	#5
1899	3,912	#5
1900	4,765	#5
1901	3,974	#5
1902	4,384	#5
1903	4,517	#5
1904	4,900	#5
1905	5,068	#5
1906	5,140	#5
1907	5,573	#5
1908	6,180	#4
1909	6,509	#4
1910	7,212	#5
1911	8,003	#5
1912	11,280	#5
1913	12,609	#5
1914	15,839	#5
1915	21,878	#5
1916	23,189	#5
1917	23,568	#5
1918	25,535	#5
1919	24,562	#5
1920	26,102	#5
1921	25,783	#5
1922	23,633	#5
1923	23,638	#6
1924	23,600	#6
1925	22,247	#6
1926	20,225	#6
1927	19,412	#6
1928	17,859	#6
1929	16,022	#8
1930	14,942	#10
1931	13,131	#11
1932	12,256	#11
1933	11,137	#13
1934	10,565	#13
1935	9,989	#15
1936	9,217	#16
1937	9,602	#15
1938	9,303	#21
1939	9,063	#22
1940	8,887	#24
1941	8,863	#28
1942	9,315	#33
1943	9,369	#33
1944	8,674	#32
1945	8,046	#33
1946	8,475	#38
1947	8,481	#44
1948	7,903	#45
1949	7,651	#47
1950	7,128	#49
1951	7,076	#53
1952	6,953	#57
1953	6,582	#62
1954	6,566	#66
1955	6,187	#70
1956	6,075	#77
1957	5,667	#84
1958	5,247	#90
1959	5,056	#97
1960	4,942	#97
1961	4,896	#96
1962	4,293	#104
1963	3,869	#113
1964	3,640	#114
1965	3,231	#118
1966	2,846	#128
1967	2,420	#145
1968	2,150	#149
1969	1,900	#168
1970	1,816	#178
1971	1,629	#190
1972	1,383	#201
1973	1,273	#201
1974	1,299	#195
1975	1,230	#199
1976	1,198	#205
1977	1,191	#212
1978	1,208	#212
1979	1,202	#216
1980	1,258	#207
1981	1,267	#207
1982	1,178	#222
1983	1,124	#223
1984	1,165	#223
1985	1,116	#233
1986	1,084	#238
1987	1,031	#249
1988	997	#256
1989	986	#274
1990	907	#305
1991	985	#285
1992	855	#319
1993	861	#308
1994	882	#309
1995	853	#321
1996	802	#346
1997	857	#334
1998	853	#342
1999	875	#344
2000	909	#339
2001	951	#326
2002	905	#334
2003	896	#344
2004	914	#350
2005	908	#347
2006	891	#364
2007	963	#345
2008	928	#356
2009	915	#354
2010	934	#345
2011	906	#358
2012	931	#340
2013	993	#327
2014	1,063	#309
2015	1,109	#292
2016	1,103	#295
2017	1,212	#264
2018	1,250	#262
2019	1,351	#231
2020	1,326	#219
2021	1,578	#187
2022	1,666	#179
2023	1,602	#187
2024	1,767	#172