Ruby Girl
How popular is Ruby?
#64 girl name in 2025
3,554 baby girls were named Ruby in the US in 2025, making it the 64th most popular girl name. Another 15 boys got the name (#5,859 for boys).
Ruby popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #64 for girls (▼ 2 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 3,554 girls, 15 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+3% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #83 in 2015, #74 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1924 (8,406 girls) |
| Highest rank | #22 in 1911 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Ruby counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ruby family of names ranked #79 for girls in 2025 (#81 the year before), with 3,826 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Ruby is most popular
Babies named Ruby per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Ruby by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,603 | #78 |
| 1890s | 8,699 | #52 |
| 1900s | 18,175 | #27 |
| 1910s | 60,308 | #22 |
| 1920s | 76,738 | #25 |
| 1930s | 47,648 | #36 |
| 1940s | 31,872 | #66 |
| 1950s | 20,550 | #130 |
| 1960s | 10,164 | #229 |
| 1970s | 6,433 | #345 |
| 1980s | 6,312 | #329 |
| 1990s | 10,556 | #256 |
| 2000s | 22,032 | #108 |
| 2010s | 33,467 | #66 |
| 2020s | 21,013 | #62 |
Girl names about as popular as Ruby
Questions
- Is Ruby a boy or girl name?
- Ruby is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Ruby were girls.
- How popular is the name Ruby?
- 3,554 baby girls were named Ruby in the US in 2025, making it the 64th most popular girl name. Another 15 boys got the name (#5,859 for boys).
- When was Ruby most popular?
- Ruby peaked in 1924, when 8,406 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #22 in 1911.
- How many people are named Ruby?
- 379,684 babies have been named Ruby in the US since 1880. We estimate about 160,799 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 30.
- Where is Ruby most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ruby was most common in Wyoming, at 8.4 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.