Ruthie
Meaning not yet sourced
Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,600 in 2015, #778 in 2025
Girl’s name
What Ruthie means
Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Ruthie yet, and we don’t write our own.
Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,600 in 2015, #778 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.
How popular is Ruthie?
▲ 100 vs 2024
US: Rising: up from #1600 in 2015.
Biggest US share so far: 1935, when 396 girls got the name (#313 that year). First in the US records in 1880.
How common
- About 1 in 4,605 baby girls in the US in 2025
“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.
Where in the US
Most popular in MS (0.9 per 1,000 girls), TN (0.87 per 1,000 girls), AR (0.76 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.
SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.
US vs UK
Ruthie is #778 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.
| Rank 2025 | Babies | How common | Rank 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | #778 | 349 | 1 in 4,605 | #1600 |
| England & Wales | – | – | – | – |
| Scotland | – | – | – | – |
Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).
Boy or girl?
In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Ruthie were girls.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| US 2025 | 349 | 0 |
| England & Wales 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| US all years since 1880 | 22,624 | 32 |
| England & Wales since 1996 | 31 | 0 |
Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.
If you like Ruthie
Girls
- Eliana#10Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #10 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel
- Kaylani#185Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,054 in 2015, #185 in 2025
- Amira#132“princess”*
- Rory#230“red-haired king”*
- Leilani#60Hawaiian, meaning “a lei; a child + heavenly, royal”*
- Lucia#83Variant of Lucy, meaning “light”*
For a brother
- Luka#85Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #85 vs #261 in 2025
- Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”*
- Enzo#72“home + ruler”*
- Jaziel#198Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #934 in 2015, #198 in 2025
- Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”*
- Rowan#59“little red one”*
Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Ruthie’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.
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