NameTides

Ruth

Ruth was the #173 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,781 babies), and #542 in England & Wales and #242 in Canada.

Ruth as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Ruth as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.752518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaIrelandNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesScotland
Ruth as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.75251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#173 (1,781)#542 (73)#632 (4)#397 (3)#247 (17)#242 (128)—
2024#171 (1,787)#497 (79)#638 (4)—#275 (15)#302 (102)—
2023#187 (1,604)#545 (71)#482 (6)#391 (3)#279 (14)#327 (91)—
2022#179 (1,668)#541 (72)#531 (5)#305 (5)#203 (23)#275 (107)—
2021#187 (1,579)#567 (69)#558 (5)#350 (4)#165 (29)#332 (97)—
2020#219 (1,327)#582 (67)#765 (3)—#194 (24)#322 (97)—
2019#231 (1,351)#582 (69)#447 (7)#298 (5)#137 (39)#342 (94)—
2018#261 (1,251)#458 (94)#449 (7)#434 (3)#128 (43)#408 (79)—
2017#264 (1,213)#391 (114)#369 (9)—#130 (44)#376 (88)—
2016#295 (1,103)#458 (95)#585 (5)#353 (4)#129 (45)#371 (94)—
2015#291 (1,110)#455 (95)#318 (12)#269 (6)#127 (50)#399 (87)—
2014#305 (1,064)#448 (97)#395 (9)—#96 (68)#436 (75)—
2013#327 (993)#397 (107)#564 (5)#284 (6)#86 (75)#397 (81)—
2012#338 (931)#451 (100)#310 (14)#297 (6)#97 (66)#383 (84)—
2011#355 (907)#414 (106)#334 (11)#363 (4)#86 (82)#437 (74)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1915 at #5.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 900 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 900common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,500uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Ruth is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 870 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 820 to 1 in 910.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ruth by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #116MEWisconsin: #103WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #95NHWashington: #116WAIdaho: #64IDMontana: #144MTNorth Dakota: #33NDMinnesota: #70MNIllinois: #305ILMichigan: #164MINew York: #183NYMassachusetts: #196MAOregon: #98ORNevada: #433NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #51SDIowa: #96IAIndiana: #89INOhio: #160OHPennsylvania: #194PANew Jersey: #276NJConnecticut: #220CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #284CAUtah: #89UTColorado: #166CONebraska: #110NEMissouri: #160MOKentucky: #141KYWest Virginia: #308WVVirginia: #153VAMaryland: #168MDDelaware: #167DEArizona: #264AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #102KSArkansas: #125ARTennessee: #160TNNorth Carolina: #141NCSouth Carolina: #156SCDistrict of Columbia: #150DCOklahoma: #143OKLouisiana: #170LAMississippi: #163MSAlabama: #125ALGeorgia: #181GAHawaii: #136HITexas: #202TXFlorida: #318FL
Ruth (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#29842
Quebec2025#7745

Ruth (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RuthCanadaGirls#242128
RuthEngland & WalesGirls#54273
RuthIrelandGirls#24717
RuthNorthern IrelandGirls#3973
RuthNSWGirls—too few
RuthScotlandGirls#6324
RuthUSGirls#1731,781
RuthUSBoys—too few