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How popular is “Ruby” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ruby” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Ruby” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Ruby” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Ruby” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Ruby” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Ruby” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ruby” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 98 0.000486391 92 6 88%
1881 119 0.000617579 119 100%
1882 136 0.000613904 136 100%
1883 163 0.000751339 163 100%
1884 244 0.001002214 244 100%
1885 277 0.001150074 272 5 96%
1886 306 0.001198515 301 5 97%
1887 318 0.001285409 309 9 94%
1888 457 0.001526009 445 12 95%
1889 527 0.00182387 522 5 98%
1890 545 0.001808222 540 5 98%
1891 565 0.001970887 554 11 96%
1892 703 0.002102436 695 8 98%
1893 778 0.002392205 769 9 98%
1894 887 0.002618914 874 13 97%
1895 973 0.002771922 954 19 96%
1896 1012 0.002830896 994 18 96%
1897 1036 0.002985961 1025 11 98%
1898 1206 0.003161579 1191 15 98%
1899 1114 0.003283869 1103 11 98%
1900 1562 0.003469122 1540 22 97%
1901 1238 0.00357998 1225 13 98%
1902 1472 0.003806244 1458 14 98%
1903 1557 0.00408447 1538 19 98%
1904 1722 0.004267816 1701 21 98%
1905 1900 0.004481956 1885 15 98%
1906 1989 0.004642304 1962 27 97%
1907 2136 0.004589699 2113 23 98%
1908 2238 0.004579975 2229 9 99%
1909 2539 0.004966512 2524 15 99%
1910 2916 0.004936424 2893 23 98%
1911 3401 0.005278777 3372 29 98%
1912 4503 0.004557407 4452 51 98%
1913 4963 0.004364573 4913 50 98%
1914 5668 0.004001853 5625 43 98%
1915 7295 0.003981061 7237 58 98%
1916 7750 0.004006375 7686 64 98%
1917 7713 0.003843528 7662 51 99%
1918 8213 0.003782856 8134 79 98%
1919 8390 0.003975842 8334 56 99%
1920 8412 0.003717776 8336 76 98%
1921 8407 0.003601192 8333 74 98%
1922 8058 0.003520075 8003 55 99%
1923 8291 0.003600898 8232 59 99%
1924 8472 0.003557258 8406 66 98%
1925 7908 0.003389188 7843 65 98%
1926 7534 0.003281495 7476 58 98%
1927 7345 0.003166825 7264 81 98%
1928 6746 0.002983717 6692 54 98%
1929 6216 0.002835558 6152 64 98%
1930 6055 0.002723444 5993 62 98%
1931 5394 0.002563216 5331 63 98%
1932 5522 0.002615461 5469 53 98%
1933 4998 0.002499691 4944 54 98%
1934 5030 0.002421977 4977 53 98%
1935 4822 0.002307287 4765 57 98%
1936 4274 0.002057203 4226 48 98%
1937 4342 0.002037857 4289 53 98%
1938 3990 0.00180333 3941 49 98%
1939 3743 0.001698706 3712 31 98%
1940 3665 0.00159162 3619 46 97%
1941 3606 0.001480037 3581 25 99%
1942 3547 0.001298403 3519 28 98%
1943 3498 0.001239301 3470 28 98%
1944 3217 0.001195876 3190 27 98%
1945 2926 0.00110294 2904 22 98%
1946 3083 0.000964853 3050 33 98%
1947 3092 0.000858335 3069 23 99%
1948 2907 0.000841994 2894 13 99%
1949 2600 0.000746102 2577 23 98%
1950 2435 0.000695047 2414 21 98%
1951 2367 0.000642554 2351 16 99%
1952 2395 0.000630594 2375 20 98%
1953 2362 0.000612926 2342 20 98%
1954 2161 0.000542868 2143 18 98%
1955 2022 0.000503601 2009 13 99%
1956 2014 0.000488475 1992 22 98%
1957 1788 0.000425497 1783 5 99%
1958 1649 0.000398897 1639 10 99%
1959 1509 0.000362916 1501 8 99%
1960 1402 0.000337521 1387 15 98%
1961 1287 0.000310697 1278 9 99%
1962 1158 0.000286962 1148 10 98%
1963 1393 0.000351928 1382 11 98%
1964 1127 0.000289896 1113 14 98%
1965 997 0.000275 985 12 98%
1966 820 0.000235927 807 13 97%
1967 756 0.000222687 745 11 97%
1968 650 0.000192398 639 11 97%
1969 688 0.000197967 681 7 98%
1970 704 0.000195202 695 9 97%
1971 742 0.000216178 730 12 97%
1972 647 0.000205855 638 9 97%
1973 645 0.000213797 635 10 97%
1974 607 0.000199671 601 6 98%
1975 638 0.000211301 628 10 97%
1976 624 0.000205649 616 8 97%
1977 607 0.000191091 601 6 98%
1978 636 0.000200386 628 8 97%
1979 669 0.000201082 661 8 98%
1980 670 0.000194513 659 11 97%
1981 689 0.000199169 677 12 97%
1982 636 0.000181302 622 14 96%
1983 603 0.000174109 591 12 96%
1984 609 0.000174561 595 14 95%
1985 605 0.00016951 593 12 96%
1986 567 0.000159401 558 9 97%
1987 642 0.000178056 631 11 97%
1988 642 0.000173746 621 21 93%
1989 788 0.000204971 765 23 94%
1990 975 0.000246681 954 21 96%
1991 1021 0.000262113 1004 17 97%
1992 1056 0.000274909 1040 16 97%
1993 1056 0.000280085 1033 23 96%
1994 1046 0.00028136 1031 15 97%
1995 1066 0.000291085 1053 13 98%
1996 995 0.000272812 985 10 98%
1997 1045 0.000288216 1040 5 99%
1998 1218 0.00033114 1207 11 98%
1999 1215 0.000328924 1209 6 99%
2000 1273 0.000336781 1266 7 99%
2001 1372 0.000366513 1365 7 99%
2002 1579 0.000422386 1579 100%
2003 1718 0.00045183 1707 11 99%
2004 2120 0.00055484 2120 100%
2005 2472 0.000642939 2472 100%
2006 2593 0.000655429 2582 11 99%
2007 2908 0.000727421 2900 8 99%
2008 3025 0.00076959 3020 5 100%
2009 3024 0.000791587 3019 5 100%
2010 2802 0.00075817 2797 5 100%
2011 2775 0.000758654 2769 6 100%
2012 2925 0.000799756 2918 7 100%
2013 3329 0.000913139 3319 10 99%
2014 3429 0.000925162 3429 100%
2015 3467 0.000936796 3467 100%
2016 3855 0.001050781 3847 8 100%
2017 3593 0.001004699 3587 6 100%
2018 3596 0.001022783 3590 6 100%
2019 3746 0.001079249 3738 8 100%
2020 3349 0.001002521 3339 10 99%
2021 3610 0.001065541 3596 14 99%
2022 3638 0.001075334 3619 19 99%
2023 3369 0.001017457 3356 13 99%
2024 3535 0.00106204 3517 18 99%

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