Ruthie Girl
How popular is Ruthie?
#778 girl name in 2025
349 baby girls were named Ruthie in the US in 2025, making it the 778th most popular girl name.
Ruthie popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #778 for girls (▲ 100 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 349 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+160% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,600 in 2015, #1,246 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1927 (428 girls) |
| Highest rank | #313 in 1935 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Ruthie counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ruthie family of names ranked #728 for girls in 2025 (#784 the year before), with 357 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ruthie | 349 | 98% |
| Ruthy | 8 | 2% |
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 Ruthie is most popular
Babies named Ruthie per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Ruthie by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 66 | #740 |
| 1890s | 174 | #578 |
| 1900s | 318 | #535 |
| 1910s | 1,197 | #483 |
| 1920s | 3,408 | #326 |
| 1930s | 3,785 | #313 |
| 1940s | 3,945 | #317 |
| 1950s | 3,295 | #411 |
| 1960s | 1,660 | #607 |
| 1970s | 590 | #1,224 |
| 1980s | 365 | #1,720 |
| 1990s | 241 | #3,242 |
| 2000s | 717 | #1,890 |
| 2010s | 1,240 | #1,360 |
| 2020s | 1,623 | #778 |
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Questions
- Is Ruthie a boy or girl name?
- Ruthie is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Ruthie were girls.
- How popular is the name Ruthie?
- 349 baby girls were named Ruthie in the US in 2025, making it the 778th most popular girl name.
- When was Ruthie most popular?
- Ruthie peaked in 1927, when 428 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #313 in 1935.
- How many people are named Ruthie?
- 22,656 babies have been named Ruthie in the US since 1880. We estimate about 12,472 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 67.
- Where is Ruthie most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ruthie was most common in Alabama, at 0.8 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.