Ruby

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #64in 2025
  • 1 in 452girls in 2025
  • +14%last ten years
  • 3.0×in Utah

Most popular in 1911.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

04,0318,06118801916195319892025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Ruby, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18801,011
18811,294
18821,261
18831,451
18841,891
18852,044
18862,083
18872,117
18882,491
18892,927
18902,836
18912,987
18923,273
18933,612
18943,921
18954,083
18964,178
18974,377
18984,603
18994,733
19005,137
19015,118
19025,521
19035,871
19046,177
19056,464
19066,644
19076,633
19086,667
19097,269
19107,296
19118,061
19127,977
19137,867
19147,386
19157,356
19167,360
19177,086
19187,026
19197,374
19206,957
19216,758
19226,664
19236,824
19246,731
19256,443
19266,307
19276,092
19285,802
19295,511
19305,323
19315,007
19325,125
19334,905
19344,767
19354,543
19364,062
19374,031
19383,572
19393,385
19403,165
19412,964
19422,605
19432,487
19442,403
19452,222
19461,941
19471,731
19481,704
19491,506
19501,409
19511,305
19521,281
19531,245
19541,104
19551,027
1956992
1957872
1958815
1959742
1960685
1961633
1962584
1963718
1964587
1965557
1966477
1967452
1968390
1969403
1970397
1971439
1972419
1973435
1974410
1975431
1976420
1977392
1978410
1979412
1980397
1981406
1982367
1983354
1984353
1985345
1986325
1987363
1988349
1989415
1990502
1991535
1992563
1993572
1994577
1995599
1996562
1997597
1998683
1999682
2000697
2001759
2002879
2003934
20041,155
20051,338
20061,358
20071,508
20081,598
20091,643
20101,574
20111,575
20121,657
20131,893
20141,920
20151,942
20162,171
20172,078
20182,111
20192,227
20202,067
20212,193
20222,208
20232,096
20242,181
20252,211

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Utah 3.0×
  2. Montana 2.9×
  3. North Dakota 2.7×
  4. Rhode Island 2.7×
  5. Idaho 2.3×

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More like it

More like Ruby

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
3,554
Rank in 2025
#64
How rare
1 in 452 girls
Since 1880
376,570

Most popular in 1911, at 8,061 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 14% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Utah3.0×330
Montana2.9×52
North Dakota2.7×45
Rhode Island2.7×42
Idaho2.3×104

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.