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How popular is “Ruthann” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ruthann” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Ruthann” 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 “Ruthann” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ruthann” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ruthann” 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
1906 5 0.00001167 5 100%
1910 5 0.000008464 5 100%
1914 5 0.00000353 5 100%
1915 5 0.000002729 5 100%
1916 13 0.00000672 13 100%
1917 10 0.000004983 10 100%
1918 14 0.000006448 14 100%
1919 7 0.000003317 7 100%
1920 14 0.000006187 14 100%
1921 17 0.000007282 17 100%
1922 20 0.000008737 20 100%
1923 24 0.000010424 24 100%
1924 31 0.000013016 31 100%
1925 32 0.000013714 32 100%
1926 28 0.000012196 28 100%
1927 29 0.000012503 29 100%
1928 41 0.000018134 41 100%
1929 33 0.000015054 33 100%
1930 34 0.000015293 34 100%
1931 37 0.000017582 37 100%
1932 32 0.000015157 32 100%
1933 33 0.000016505 33 100%
1934 40 0.00001926 40 100%
1935 43 0.000020575 43 100%
1936 65 0.000031286 65 100%
1937 145 0.000068054 145 100%
1938 169 0.000076382 169 100%
1939 194 0.000088044 194 100%
1940 196 0.000085118 196 100%
1941 224 0.000091938 224 100%
1942 247 0.000090416 247 100%
1943 258 0.000091406 258 100%
1944 230 0.000085499 230 100%
1945 221 0.000083305 221 100%
1946 244 0.000076362 244 100%
1947 206 0.000057185 206 100%
1948 200 0.000057929 200 100%
1949 164 0.000047062 164 100%
1950 150 0.000042816 150 100%
1951 132 0.000035833 132 100%
1952 98 0.000025803 98 100%
1953 77 0.000019981 77 100%
1954 90 0.000022609 90 100%
1955 92 0.000022914 92 100%
1956 77 0.000018676 77 100%
1957 108 0.000025701 108 100%
1958 110 0.000026609 110 100%
1959 121 0.000029101 121 100%
1960 127 0.000030574 127 100%
1961 151 0.000036453 151 100%
1962 117 0.000028994 117 100%
1963 113 0.000028548 113 100%
1964 99 0.000025466 99 100%
1965 67 0.00001848 67 100%
1966 99 0.000028484 99 100%
1967 83 0.000024448 83 100%
1968 69 0.000020424 69 100%
1969 71 0.00002043 71 100%
1970 56 0.000015527 56 100%
1971 38 0.000011071 38 100%
1972 49 0.00001559 49 100%
1973 39 0.000012927 39 100%
1974 40 0.000013158 40 100%
1975 44 0.000014572 44 100%
1976 30 0.000009887 30 100%
1977 46 0.000014481 46 100%
1978 34 0.000010712 34 100%
1979 37 0.000011121 37 100%
1980 37 0.000010742 37 100%
1981 45 0.000013008 45 100%
1982 39 0.000011118 39 100%
1983 41 0.000011838 41 100%
1984 41 0.000011752 41 100%
1985 32 0.000008966 32 100%
1986 30 0.000008434 30 100%
1987 40 0.000011094 40 100%
1988 32 0.00000866 32 100%
1989 25 0.000006503 25 100%
1990 24 0.000006072 24 100%
1991 27 0.000006931 27 100%
1992 27 0.000007029 27 100%
1993 22 0.000005835 22 100%
1994 18 0.000004842 18 100%
1995 20 0.000005461 20 100%
1996 20 0.000005484 20 100%
1997 25 0.000006895 25 100%
1998 28 0.000007612 28 100%
1999 32 0.000008663 32 100%
2000 30 0.000007937 30 100%
2001 32 0.000008548 32 100%
2002 20 0.00000535 20 100%
2003 23 0.000006049 23 100%
2004 28 0.000007328 28 100%
2005 32 0.000008323 32 100%
2006 27 0.000006825 27 100%
2007 27 0.000006754 27 100%
2008 37 0.000009413 37 100%
2009 27 0.000007068 27 100%
2010 27 0.000007306 27 100%
2011 27 0.000007382 27 100%
2012 27 0.000007382 27 100%
2013 31 0.000008503 31 100%
2014 28 0.000007555 28 100%
2015 24 0.000006485 24 100%
2016 30 0.000008177 30 100%
2017 39 0.000010905 39 100%
2018 26 0.000007395 26 100%
2019 17 0.000004898 17 100%
2020 22 0.000006586 22 100%
2021 25 0.000007379 25 100%
2022 23 0.000006798 23 100%
2023 28 0.000008456 28 100%
2024 30 0.000009013 30 100%

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