Ruth is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #381 for girl births in the United States, given to 1,781 babies. Ruth first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1920 (26,156 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,781 | #381 |
| 2024 | 1,787 | #382 |
| 2023 | 1,604 | #428 |
| 2022 | 1,668 | #415 |
| 2021 | 1,579 | #434 |
| 2020 | 1,327 | #493 |
| 2019 | 1,351 | #510 |
| 2018 | 1,251 | #554 |
| 2017 | 1,213 | #559 |
| 2016 | 1,103 | #616 |
| 2015 | 1,110 | #610 |
| 2014 | 1,064 | #637 |
| 2013 | 993 | #659 |
| 2012 | 931 | #681 |
| 2011 | 907 | #693 |
| 2010 | 934 | #680 |
| 2009 | 916 | #703 |
| 2008 | 934 | #704 |
| 2007 | 964 | #681 |
| 2006 | 892 | #713 |
| 2005 | 908 | #684 |
| 2004 | 915 | #678 |
| 2003 | 897 | #668 |
| 2002 | 906 | #653 |
| 2001 | 951 | #627 |
| 2000 | 909 | #653 |
| 1999 | 875 | #659 |
| 1998 | 853 | #658 |
| 1997 | 857 | #643 |
| 1996 | 802 | #673 |
| 1995 | 859 | #625 |
| 1994 | 882 | #615 |
| 1993 | 866 | #617 |
| 1992 | 855 | #629 |
| 1991 | 990 | #553 |
| 1990 | 915 | #589 |
| 1989 | 999 | #527 |
| 1988 | 1,011 | #497 |
| 1987 | 1,040 | #474 |
| 1986 | 1,097 | #454 |
| 1985 | 1,125 | #449 |
| 1984 | 1,176 | #425 |
| 1983 | 1,132 | #433 |
| 1982 | 1,193 | #427 |
| 1981 | 1,273 | #402 |
| 1980 | 1,266 | #409 |
| 1979 | 1,210 | #421 |
| 1978 | 1,219 | #408 |
| 1977 | 1,200 | #405 |
| 1976 | 1,209 | #391 |
| 1975 | 1,235 | #385 |
| 1974 | 1,304 | #373 |
| 1973 | 1,287 | #383 |
| 1972 | 1,383 | #378 |
| 1971 | 1,641 | #353 |
| 1970 | 1,828 | #338 |
| 1969 | 1,908 | #322 |
| 1968 | 2,159 | #287 |
| 1967 | 2,435 | #268 |
| 1966 | 2,856 | #237 |
| 1965 | 3,243 | #225 |
| 1964 | 3,657 | #218 |
| 1963 | 3,886 | #217 |
| 1962 | 4,316 | #199 |
| 1961 | 4,908 | #183 |
| 1960 | 4,960 | #183 |
| 1959 | 5,069 | #179 |
| 1958 | 5,260 | #173 |
| 1957 | 5,687 | #162 |
| 1956 | 6,088 | #143 |
| 1955 | 6,204 | #133 |
| 1954 | 6,574 | #120 |
| 1953 | 6,591 | #120 |
| 1952 | 6,970 | #109 |
| 1951 | 7,087 | #102 |
| 1950 | 7,138 | #96 |
| 1949 | 7,672 | #90 |
| 1948 | 7,917 | #86 |
| 1947 | 8,507 | #82 |
| 1946 | 8,504 | #70 |
| 1945 | 8,064 | #60 |
| 1944 | 8,706 | #58 |
| 1943 | 9,412 | #57 |
| 1942 | 9,358 | #57 |
| 1941 | 8,902 | #51 |
| 1940 | 8,924 | #46 |
| 1939 | 9,112 | #44 |
| 1938 | 9,346 | #41 |
| 1937 | 9,651 | #33 |
| 1936 | 9,260 | #34 |
| 1935 | 10,040 | #31 |
| 1934 | 10,630 | #29 |
| 1933 | 11,188 | #28 |
| 1932 | 12,333 | #22 |
| 1931 | 13,192 | #22 |
| 1930 | 15,012 | #22 |
| 1929 | 16,091 | #19 |
| 1928 | 17,927 | #16 |
| 1927 | 19,503 | #15 |
| 1926 | 20,298 | #15 |
| 1925 | 22,324 | #14 |
| 1924 | 23,672 | #13 |
| 1923 | 23,699 | #13 |
| 1922 | 23,706 | #12 |
| 1921 | 25,841 | #12 |
| 1920 | 26,156 | #11 |
| 1919 | 24,625 | #11 |
| 1918 | 25,582 | #12 |
| 1917 | 23,618 | #12 |
| 1916 | 23,244 | #12 |
| 1915 | 21,924 | #12 |
| 1914 | 15,885 | #12 |
| 1913 | 12,642 | #12 |
| 1912 | 11,323 | #11 |
| 1911 | 8,032 | #8 |
| 1910 | 7,247 | #8 |
| 1909 | 6,526 | #7 |
| 1908 | 6,200 | #7 |
| 1907 | 5,588 | #8 |
| 1906 | 5,159 | #8 |
| 1905 | 5,088 | #8 |
| 1904 | 4,915 | #8 |
| 1903 | 4,530 | #8 |
| 1902 | 4,401 | #8 |
| 1901 | 3,989 | #8 |
| 1900 | 4,781 | #9 |
| 1899 | 3,921 | #9 |
| 1898 | 4,264 | #9 |
| 1897 | 3,898 | #9 |
| 1896 | 3,917 | #9 |
| 1895 | 3,558 | #11 |
| 1894 | 3,387 | #11 |
| 1893 | 3,670 | #8 |
| 1892 | 3,302 | #10 |
| 1891 | 1,857 | #31 |
| 1890 | 1,200 | #63 |
| 1889 | 1,073 | #63 |
| 1888 | 850 | #80 |
| 1887 | 632 | #88 |
| 1886 | 581 | #96 |
| 1885 | 511 | #103 |
| 1884 | 442 | #117 |
| 1883 | 387 | #118 |
| 1882 | 323 | #136 |
| 1881 | 275 | #143 |
| 1880 | 234 | #163 |