Ruthann
Ruthann is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 30 births. Its best rank was 460th, in 1943.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 300.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1943258 births
- Best rank
- #460in 1943
- Since 1906
- 7,071people given the name
The story in the numbers
7,071 girls have been named Ruthann in the United States since 1906, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1943, with 258 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1951, and the 1940s alone account for 31%. It has spent 22 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Ruthann | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 59 | |
| 1920s | 269 | |
| 1930s | 792 | |
| 1940s | 2,190 | |
| 1950s | 1,055 | |
| 1960s | 996 | |
| 1970s | 413 | |
| 1980s | 362 | |
| 1990s | 243 | |
| 2000s | 283 | |
| 2010s | 276 | |
| 2020s | 128 |
In 1943, its biggest year
Ruthann was the 460th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1943 were Mary, Barbara, Patricia, Linda and Carol. See all of 1943.
Names that rose and fell with Ruthann
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Maryannpeak 1943
- Carolynpeak 1947
- Ruthannepeak 1946
- Kayepeak 1947
- Carollpeak 1946
- Saundrapeak 1947
- Carolannpeak 1946
- Sharronpeak 1943
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.