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Ruby Eloquent • Modest • Pioneering
Ruby Eloquent • Modest • Pioneering
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Very Popular In The UK And Australia Right Now. It Appears In The Movie Cold Mountain And The Rolling Stones' Song Ruby Tuesday.
Ruby Name Popularity
Boys vs Girls
0.84%
Male
99.16%
Female
Ruby is predominantly a girls name, with 99.16% of Rubys being girls, and 0.84% being boys.
In the United States there have been a total of 3031 males named Ruby, and 359667 females given the name
Popularity of Ruby by state:
This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named Ruby in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
Lighter = More Popular
Darker = Less Popular
Blank States = Few to None
Ruby: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2025
The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named Ruby' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the boys name Ruby in the USA from 1880-2025. 1 being the highest and most popular, 40337 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 40337 unique total names have been given to boys living in the United States so far. Ruby's average ranking is 2664.99, with it's highest ever rank being #. Ruby has reach the top 10 most popular boys name 2 times, and has reached the top hundred names 2 times.
Ruby has been used in the United States ever since 1880, with over 362698 boys given the name in the past 200 years. Ruby gained the most popularity as a baby name in 1906, when it's usage went up by 178.16%. During this year, 27 babies were named Ruby, which was 0.0066% of the baby boys born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 0.007%, in this year alone more than 0 boys were named Ruby.
Popular 'R' Names for Boys
| Name | 'R-Name' Rank | Overall Rank | Total Named | Percentage named |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan | 1. | 55. | 8215 | 0.227% |
| Robert | 2. | 94. | 5953 | 0.165% |
| Roman | 3. | 159. | 4187 | 0.116% |
| Ryder | 4. | 170. | 3854 | 0.107% |
| Ryker | 5. | 261. | 2779 | 0.077% |
| Richard | 6. | 285. | 2499 | 0.069% |
| Rowan | 7. | 320. | 2178 | 0.06% |
| River | 8. | 389. | 1825 | 0.05% |
| Rhett | 9. | 402. | 1761 | 0.049% |
| Riley | 10. | 414. | 1706 | 0.047% |
| Remington | 11. | 480. | 1401 | 0.039% |
| Reid | 12. | 481. | 1393 | 0.039% |
| Rylan | 13. | 485. | 1389 | 0.038% |
| Ricardo | 14. | 521. | 1293 | 0.036% |
| Raymond | 15. | 529. | 1264 | 0.035% |
| Rafael | 16. | 544. | 1232 | 0.034% |
| Ronan | 17. | 605. | 1101 | 0.03% |
| Reed | 18. | 694. | 960 | 0.027% |
| Romeo | 19. | 727. | 893 | 0.025% |
| Roberto | 20. | 733. | 886 | 0.024% |