Ruth Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Ruth: every year it appeared on the national list since 1885, with 2,779 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births

2,779

Peak year

1927 #675

Years on the list

105

10-year trend

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In the 1920s · Most used in NY in {year}

Popularity history

1885–2008

Year	Births	Rank
1980	8	#4860
1981	6	#6104
1982	15	#3078
1983	11	#3828
1984	11	#3889
1985	9	#4626
1986	13	#3615
1987	9	#4887
1988	14	#3673
1989	12	#4480
1990	8	#6305
1991	5	#9346
1993	5	#9896
1995	6	#8676
2008	5	#14211

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1927

NY

7

NJ

6

PA

6

NC

5

Names from the same era

Jack · 1927 Eugene · 1927 Alvin · 1927 Salvatore · 1927 Rudolph · 1927 Elvin · 1927 Merlin · 1927 Marvin · 1928 Norman · 1928 Melvin · 1928

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