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Ruby
Rank in 2024
#63
Born in 2024
3,517
Peak year
1924 · #26
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:18 in 2024 (#5,265)
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 3,517 girls were named Ruby, about 1 in every 459.
- It peaked in 1924 with 8,406 babies, ranked #26.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 372,975 girls have been named Ruby since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Ruby per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 6.9Greatest1901–27
- 3.9Silent1928–45
- 1.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.4Gen X1965–80
- 0.5Millennials1981–96
- 1.2Gen Z1997–12
- 2.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 140,836 babies, 6.88 per 1,000. Silent: 80,774 babies, 3.91 per 1,000. Boomers: 38,447 babies, 1.07 per 1,000. Gen X: 10,949 babies, 0.43 per 1,000. Millennials: 12,753 babies, 0.45 per 1,000. Gen Z: 33,970 babies, 1.17 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 42,404 babies, 2.09 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
The female name derives from ruby in the 19th century. The programming language was named after the gemstone.
- A female given name.
- (rare) A male given name.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Ruby, CC BY-SA 4.0.