Ruth
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About Ruth
The name Ruth is currently ranked #173 in U.S. births. and peaked for girls at #3 in 1893. The name is most popular in North Dakota, Alaska, and Montana. Ruth is occasionally used for boys in 2008.
1 syllable.
As of September 2026, Ruth ranked #173 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #3 in 1893, Nameberry popularity #200.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #309 | 1,063 | 595.1 |
| 2015 | #292 | 1,109 | 621.3 |
| 2016 | #295 | 1,103 | 622.5 |
| 2017 | #264 | 1,212 | 702 |
| 2018 | #262 | 1,250 | 734.8 |
| 2019 | #231 | 1,351 | 804.9 |
| 2020 | #219 | 1,326 | 820.3 |
| 2021 | #187 | 1,578 | 961.7 |
| 2022 | #179 | 1,666 | 1,015.8 |
| 2023 | #187 | 1,602 | 998.4 |
| 2024 | #172 | 1,767 | 1,090.6 |
| 2025 | #173 | 1,781 | 1,108.1 |
World rankings
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Famous Ruths
- Ruth
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- Ruth Cleveland
daughter of U.S. President Grover Cleveland; inspiration for the Baby Ruth bar
- Ruth Wilson
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- Ruth Ann Buzzi
American comedienne
- Ruth Fulton Benedict
American anthropologist
- Ruth Carter Stapleton
American Christian author
- Ruth Flora Disney
sister of Walt Disney
- Ruth Malcolmson
Miss America 1924
- Ruth Barbara Rendell
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- Ruth Bell Graham
wife of evangelist Billy Graham
- Ruth Payne
sister of Liam Payne of boy band One Direction
- Ruth Roman
American actress
- Ruth Crilly
English model and blogger
- Ruth Wendy Langsford
English TV presenter
- Ruth Pointer
singer with American R&B group The Pointer Sisters
- Ruth Weinstein (b. 2002)
daughter of film producer Harvey Weinstein
- Ruth Ray De La luz 'Ruthie Ray' Leonard (b. 2019)
daughter of Bekah Martinez and Grayston Leonard
- Ruth Harkness
American explorer
Ruth in pop culture
- Ruth
eight book in the Bible
- Baby Ruth
candy bar named for Ruth Cleveland
- Ruth
main character in book/movie "Never Let Me Go"
- Ruth Rose
main character in "A,Z Mysteries" by Ron Roy
- Ruth Dead (née Foster)
character in Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
- Ruth Anne 'Ruthie' Camden
character on TV's '7th Heaven' named after her grandmother Ruth
- Ruth
pirate maid,of,all,work in opera "The Pirates of Penzance"
- Ruth
professional bridesmaid in opera "Ruddigore"
- Ruth Pinch
character in Dickens' "Martin Chuzzlewit"
- Ruth
Zionist with whom Clarel falls in love in "Clarel" by Herman Melville
- Mrs Ruth Stockwool
companion to Ann Avice Caro in "The Well Beloved" (1897) by Thomas Hardy
- Ruth Jefferson
main character in Jodi Picoult's novel "Small Great Things"
- Ruth Ann Torkelson
character on TV's "The Torkelsons"
- Ruth
Anne Miller, character from TV series "Northern Exposure"
- Ruth
archangel in Ghost Rider comics
- Ruth
character in George Alfred Henty's, The Cat of Bubastes
- Ruth
dragon in Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern novels
- Ruth DeWitt Bukater
character in movie "Titanic"
- Ruth O'Connor Fisher
character on TV's "Six Feet Under"
- Ruth Fowler
character on British soap "EastEnders"
- Ruth Evershed
character on British TV's "Spooks"
- Ruth Winters
character on British TV's "Casualty"
- Ruth Martin
mom on TV's "Lassie"
- Ruth Martin
character on soap "All My Children"
- Ruth Osborne
character on British soap "Hollyoaks"
- Ruth Wilkinson
character on Australian soap "Neighbours"
- Ruth Powers
character on TV's "The Simpsons"
- Ruth "Zoya the Destroya" Wilder
character on TV's "GLOW"
- Ruth
American Christian band
- Tina Ruth Belcher
eldest daughter on Fox's "Bob's Burgers"
- "Ruth"
A ballad in William Wordsworth's collection of poems, "Lyrical Ballads"
- ruth fleming
character from “nerdy prudes must die”
Variations & nicknames
- RuthvenScottish
- RutScandinavian
- RútGaelic