Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Ruby

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Ruby
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1924

Peak rank proxy

8,406

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19242024

Peak year

1924

Decline from peak

58.2%

2024

3,517

All-time

372,975

Ruby has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1924, when 8,406 girls were named Ruby.

In 2024, only 3,517 girls were given the name.

Down 58.2% from its peak.

All told, about 372,975 Americans have been named Ruby and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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