Ruffus is a rare variant of Rufus that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Ruffus is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1961. Ruffus was first reported in SSA data in 1881 and peaked in 1922 (31 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8 | — | #3,313 |
| 1958 | 7 | — | #3,522 |
| 1957 | 5 | — | #4,461 |
| 1956 | 7 | — | #3,492 |
| 1955 | 6 | — | #3,820 |
| 1953 | 8 | — | #3,105 |
| 1952 | 6 | — | #3,674 |
| 1951 | 11 | — | #2,476 |
| 1950 | 10 | — | #2,552 |
| 1949 | 9 | — | #2,771 |
| 1948 | 7 | — | #3,272 |
| 1947 | 8 | — | #3,060 |
| 1946 | 10 | — | #2,516 |
| 1945 | 6 | — | #3,274 |
| 1944 | 14 | — | #1,968 |
| 1943 | 7 | — | #3,193 |
| 1942 | 6 | — | #3,510 |
| 1941 | 17 | — | #1,745 |
| 1940 | 21 | — | #1,515 |
| 1939 | 12 | — | #2,144 |
| 1938 | 17 | — | #1,731 |
| 1937 | 9 | — | #2,647 |
| 1936 | 18 | — | #1,634 |
| 1935 | 13 | — | #2,109 |
| 1934 | 14 | — | #2,010 |
| 1933 | 19 | — | #1,634 |
| 1932 | 14 | — | #2,079 |
| 1931 | 16 | — | #1,913 |
| 1930 | 18 | — | #1,807 |
| 1929 | 13 | — | #2,300 |
| 1928 | 31 | — | #1,321 |
| 1927 | 15 | — | #2,180 |
| 1926 | 19 | — | #1,835 |
| 1925 | 17 | — | #1,998 |
| 1924 | 26 | — | #1,525 |
| 1923 | 17 | — | #2,009 |
| 1922 | 31 | — | #1,330 |
| 1921 | 17 | — | #2,042 |
| 1920 | 17 | — | #2,038 |
| 1919 | 16 | — | #2,044 |
| 1918 | 20 | — | #1,758 |
| 1917 | 10 | — | #2,700 |
| 1916 | 16 | — | #1,931 |
| 1915 | 15 | — | #1,950 |
| 1914 | 15 | — | #1,672 |
| 1913 | 8 | — | #2,236 |
| 1912 | 12 | — | #1,515 |
| 1909 | 6 | — | #1,418 |
| 1904 | 5 | — | #1,373 |
| 1892 | 5 | — | #1,228 |
| 1888 | 6 | — | #1,016 |
| 1884 | 7 | — | #833 |
| 1881 | 7 | — | #771 |