NameTides

Ruthie

Ruthie was the #778 girls' name in the US in 2025 (349 babies), and #2,282 in Canada.

Ruthie as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Ruthie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Ruthie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#778 (349)—#2,282 (9)
2024#878 (307)—#2,102 (10)
2023#912 (291)—#3,290 (5)
2022#1,007 (260)#4,646 (4)#2,835 (6)
2021#1,072 (234)—#1,876 (11)
2020#1,246 (182)——
2019#1,406 (160)——
2018#1,360 (166)—#2,892 (6)
2017#1,600 (136)—#2,876 (6)
2016#1,605 (137)——
2015#1,600 (134)—#2,891 (6)
2014#1,868 (108)—#3,316 (5)
2013#1,792 (114)#4,739 (4)#3,286 (5)
2012#2,047 (94)#4,838 (4)—
2011#2,143 (89)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1935 at #313.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,600 baby girls in the published US 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,600uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Ruthie is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,000 to 1 in 4,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ruthie by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #811WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #422MNIllinois: #619ILMichigan: #1,061MINew York: #1,830NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #354IAIndiana: #721INOhio: #514OHPennsylvania: #576PANew Jersey: #846NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,093CAUtah: #490UTColorado: #789CONebraska: #396NEMissouri: #350MOKentucky: #498KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,037VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #1,040AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #578KSArkansas: #376ARTennessee: #275TNNorth Carolina: #634NCSouth Carolina: #688SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #677LAMississippi: #341MSAlabama: #372ALGeorgia: #380GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,406TXFlorida: #1,685FL
Ruthie (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RuthieCanadaGirls#2,2829
RuthieEngland & WalesGirls—too few
RuthieNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
RuthieUSGirls#778349
RuthieUSBoys—too few