Ruby-May

Ruby-May was the #4,201 girls' name in England & Wales in 2025 (5 babies).

Ruby-May as a girl’s name

  • England & Wales
Ruby-May as a girl’s name, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1996–2025, for England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.2200020052010201520202025England & Wales
Ruby-May as a girl’s name, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1996–2025, for England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.2200020102020
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearEngland & Wales
2025#4,201 (5)
2024#2,772 (9)
2023#2,928 (8)
2022#1,849 (15)
2021#2,341 (11)
2020#1,846 (15)
2019#2,040 (13)
2018#1,272 (26)
2017#1,568 (20)
2016#1,472 (22)
2015#1,007 (35)
2014#890 (42)
2013#772 (50)
2012#731 (55)
2011#714 (54)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in England & Wales in 2009 at #679.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in England & Wales in 1998.

How common is it?

about 1 in 50,000 baby girls in the published England & Wales list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Ruby-May is likely to hold steady in England & Wales in 2026: about 1 in 51,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 29,000 to 1 in 87,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.