Feminine dossier · first seen 1906

Ruthann

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1943

Peak rank proxy

258

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Silent Generation

1906Peak 19432024

Peak year

1943

Decline from peak

88.4%

2024

All-time

7,071

Ruthann 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 1943, when 258 girls were named Ruthann.

In 2024, only 30 girls were given the name.

Down 88.4% from its peak.

All told, about 7,071 Americans have been named Ruthann and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1906.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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