Ruth

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Primarily a girl's name · 92% girls

Origin: German

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 1952 and has been recorded in 63 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1975 with 74 babies (rank #200 that year). It was not in the 2017 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 โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

2,995
Total babies (all years)
63
Years in the data
74
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
195220#373
195318#462
195433#341
195517#496
195625#401
195722#444
195819#483
195915#561
196022#475
196136#370
196235#373
196341#345
196433#405
196535#386
196637#380
196735#401
196843#349
196934#407
197034#419
197152#300
197258#270
197354#263
197465#228
197574#200
197651#260
197774#207
197870#218
197971#214
198061#244
198159#241
198268#219
198352#263
198444#295
198536#346
198653#271
198750#289
198839#342
198944#324
199050#301
199143#337
199240#357
199337#374
199461#251
199559#260
199649#293
199749#309
199863#245
199953#273
200064#246
200171#220
200257#260
200364#228
200443#316
200549#262
200630#375
200739#301
200832#360
200942#283
201036#309
201127#356
201220#428
201320#433
201414#509