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Ruby

Girls' name · Early 20th-century perennial

Living in the US
~160,500 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#64 among girls
Births in 2025
3,569 379,684 since 1880
Typical age
29 years, median

Ruby popularity over time

Ruby rank by birth year, 1880–2025Ruby ranked #149 in 1880 and #64 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #22, in 1911.#100#64best #22 in 191118901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Ruby in 1924 than in any other year — 8,472 of them. The name is already in use in 1880, where the data begins. Ruby has spent 71 years inside the national top 100.

As of 2025 the name sits at #64, with 3,569 births that year.

Babies named Ruby per yearPeaks at 8,472 births in 1924.8,472 in 1924018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Ruby?

An estimated 160,500 living Americans are called Ruby. That is out of 379,684 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Ruby?

The typical living Ruby is 29 years old. Most living bearers were born in the 2010s. By the site’s era rules that makes Ruby a early 20th-century perennial name.

Your Ruby

Ages of living people named RubyHalf of living Rubys are older than 29 and half younger.median 29020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Ruby is most common

Ruby is 3.0× as common in Vermont as it is nationally. Utah, Wyoming and Montana follow.

Where Ruby is used more than average5 states use the name Ruby more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: 3.0× the national rateVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: 2.5× the national rateIDMontana: 2.9× the national rateMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: 3.0× the national rateWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: 3.0× the national rateUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Ruby is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Vermont 76 3.0×
Utah 1,136 3.0×
Wyoming 69 3.0×
Montana 191 2.9×
Idaho 372 2.5×

Ruby in England and Wales

ONS recorded 1,032 births named Ruby in 2025, ranking it #38. That is 24% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Ruby comes from

The female name derives from ruby in the 19th century. The programming language was named after the gemstone.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Ruby

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Ruby Rose Australian actor, model, DJ, and recording artist 1986 42
Ruby Dee American actress 1922–2014 36
Ruby Lin Taiwanese actress, singer and producer 1976 35
Ruby Payne-Scott Australian radio astronomer 1912–1981 32
Ruby Bridges American civil rights activist 1954 30
Ruby Keeler American actress, dancer, and singer 1909–1993 27
Ruby Myers Indian actress 1907–1983 23
Ruby O. Fee German actress 1996 20
Photo credits (7)

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

How Ruby is usually spelled

Spellings within one or two letters of each other, and how 2025 births divided between them.
SpellingBirths in 2025Share
Ruby this page 3,569 99%
Rubie 36 1%

Names similar to Ruby

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

Same feel, less common

The same matches, limited to names given at most half as often as Ruby was in 2025.

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