Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Ruth

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

Endangered Down 93.2% from peak

Peak era

1920

Peak rank proxy

26,102

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19202024

Peak year

1920

Decline from peak

93.2%

2024

1,767

All-time

834,300

Ruth once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1920, when 26,102 girls were named Ruth.

In 2024, only 1,767 girls were given the name.

Down 93.2% from its peak.

All told, about 834,300 Americans have been named Ruth and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 93.2% from peak

192026,102 girls named Ruth

20241,767 girls named Ruth

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