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Ruth
Pronounced /ɹuːθ/
Rank in 2024
#172
Born in 2024
1,767
Peak year
1920 · #5
Origin
Hebrew
Also recorded for boys:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,767 girls were named Ruth, about 1 in every 913.
- It peaked in 1920 with 26,102 babies, ranked #5.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 834,300 girls have been named Ruth since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Ruth per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 19.8Greatest1901–27
- 9.5Silent1928–45
- 3.3Boomers1946–64
- 1.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.6Millennials1981–96
- 0.5Gen Z1997–12
- 0.8Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 404,560 babies, 19.77 per 1,000. Silent: 196,240 babies, 9.50 per 1,000. Boomers: 116,687 babies, 3.26 per 1,000. Gen X: 27,234 babies, 1.07 per 1,000. Millennials: 16,093 babies, 0.57 per 1,000. Gen Z: 14,536 babies, 0.50 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 16,020 babies, 0.79 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Ruth the Moabite, Hebrew רות, of uncertain origin, possibly meaning "companion". Also associated with the English noun ruth (“compassion”) by Puritans.
- A female given name from Hebrew.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /ɹuːθ/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Ruth, CC BY-SA 4.0.