Ruth

Hebrew

"compassionate friend"

The name Ruth is currently ranked #172 in U.S. births. and peaked for girls at #3 in 1893. The name is most popular in RUTH, RUTH, and RUTH. Ruth is occasionally used for boys in 2008.

Ruth Rank in US Top 1000

# 172 in the US

Ruth Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 277 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Ruth

• 172 US 2024
• 277 Nameberry 2026
• 172 Future 2028
• 501 England 2024
• 96 Ireland 2014
• 340 Mexico 2021
• 90 sweden 2024
• 18 Israel 2023

20 Names Similar to Ruth

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• Louise
• Dorothy
• Frances
• Harriet
• Martha
• Susannah
• Virginia
• Louisa
• Betty
• Greta
• Margaret
• Helen
• Philippa
• Henrietta
• Edith
• Nancy
• Lois
• Agnes
• Jane
• Joan

Famous People Named Ruth

• Ruth Biblical daughter,in,law of Naomi
• Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg U.S. Supreme Court Justice
• Ruth Negga Irish,Ethiopian actress and Academy Award nominee
• Ruth Cleveland daughter of U.S. President Grover Cleveland; inspiration for the Baby Ruth bar
• Ruth Wilson English actress
• Dr. Ruth Westheimer (born Karola Ruth Siegel) German,American sex therapist
• 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 Baroness Rendell of Babergh, aka Barbara Vine, English thriller novelist
• 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

The name 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"

International Variations of the name Ruth

• Ruthven Scottish
• Rut Scandinavian
• Rút Gaelic