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How popular is “Ruthy” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ruthy” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ruthy” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ruthy” 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
1913 8 0.000007035 8 100%
1915 7 0.00000382 7 100%
1916 5 0.000002585 5 100%
1917 6 0.00000299 6 100%
1918 5 0.000002303 5 100%
1919 12 0.000005687 12 100%
1920 15 0.000006629 15 100%
1921 12 0.00000514 12 100%
1922 6 0.000002621 6 100%
1923 14 0.00000608 14 100%
1924 16 0.000006718 16 100%
1925 11 0.000004714 11 100%
1926 10 0.000004356 10 100%
1927 8 0.000003449 8 100%
1928 13 0.00000575 13 100%
1929 13 0.00000593 13 100%
1930 10 0.000004498 10 100%
1931 9 0.000004277 9 100%
1932 15 0.000007105 15 100%
1933 9 0.000004501 9 100%
1934 9 0.000004334 9 100%
1935 15 0.000007177 15 100%
1936 6 0.000002888 6 100%
1937 15 0.00000704 15 100%
1938 7 0.000003164 7 100%
1939 13 0.0000059 13 100%
1940 12 0.000005211 12 100%
1941 14 0.000005746 14 100%
1942 7 0.000002562 7 100%
1943 13 0.000004606 13 100%
1944 12 0.000004461 12 100%
1945 11 0.000004146 11 100%
1946 13 0.000004068 13 100%
1947 7 0.000001943 7 100%
1948 7 0.000002028 7 100%
1949 7 0.000002009 7 100%
1950 12 0.000003425 12 100%
1951 7 0.0000019 7 100%
1952 11 0.000002896 11 100%
1953 11 0.000002854 11 100%
1954 17 0.000004271 17 100%
1955 22 0.000005479 22 100%
1956 13 0.000003153 13 100%
1957 21 0.000004997 21 100%
1958 29 0.000007015 29 100%
1959 29 0.000006975 29 100%
1960 20 0.000004815 20 100%
1961 12 0.000002897 12 100%
1962 15 0.000003717 15 100%
1963 13 0.000003284 13 100%
1964 14 0.000003601 14 100%
1965 10 0.000002758 10 100%
1966 7 0.000002014 7 100%
1967 7 0.000002062 7 100%
1968 6 0.000001776 6 100%
1970 5 0.000001386 5 100%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 100%
1975 7 0.000002318 7 100%
1978 6 0.00000189 6 100%
1979 10 0.000003006 10 100%
1980 5 0.000001452 5 100%
1982 8 0.000002281 8 100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 100%
1986 6 0.000001687 6 100%
1987 6 0.000001664 6 100%
1989 9 0.000002341 9 100%
1990 5 0.000001265 5 100%
1996 5 0.000001371 5 100%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 100%
2003 6 0.000001578 6 100%
2004 8 0.000002094 8 100%
2005 6 0.000001561 6 100%
2006 7 0.000001769 7 100%
2007 10 0.000002501 10 100%
2008 6 0.000001526 6 100%
2009 9 0.000002356 9 100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 100%
2011 11 0.000003007 11 100%
2012 8 0.000002187 8 100%
2013 5 0.000001371 5 100%
2014 8 0.000002158 8 100%
2015 5 0.000001351 5 100%
2016 5 0.000001363 5 100%
2018 6 0.000001707 6 100%
2019 7 0.000002017 7 100%
2020 12 0.000003592 12 100%
2021 11 0.000003247 11 100%
2022 8 0.000002365 8 100%
2023 11 0.000003322 11 100%
2024 9 0.000002704 9 100%

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