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Ruby
Rank in 2024
#5,265
Born in 2024
18
Peak year
1927 · #723
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:3,517 in 2024 (#63)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 18 boys were named Ruby, about 1 in every 95,295.
- It peaked in 1927 with 81 babies, ranked #723.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 3,099 boys 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.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 1,194 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Silent: 817 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Boomers: 304 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 151 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 243 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 94 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 112 babies, 0.01 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.