How rare is the name Ruthann?

9,335 people in the United States have the first name Ruthann, about 1 in 32,355. It ranks #2,576 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

RUTHANN

#2,576

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,335
About
1 in 32,355
This common or more
80.2%
Who bears it

Of the 9,335 people named Ruthann, 90.5% reported their origin as White, 3.5% as Black and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ruthann peaked in 1943, when 258 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19062025
Peak year
1943
Births that year
258
In 2025*
22 ▼91%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 7,098 babies have been given the name since 1906. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Ruthann by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #931. The largest share of babies named Ruthann, 34.9%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1900s#4,9315
1910s#5,41159
1920s#2,861269
1930s#1,403792
1940s#9312,190
1950s#1,6291,055
1960s#1,807996
1970s#3,339413
1980s#4,237362
1990s#7,047243
2000s#7,895284
2010s#8,457277
2020s#8,810153
Greatest Generation 1901–273.6%
Silent Generation 1928–4531.6%
Baby boom 1946–6434.9%
Generation X 1965–8011.8%
Millennials 1981–966.8%
Generation Z 1997–126.3%
2013 and later4.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Ruthann is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ruthann has been most common in Pennsylvania (4×), Michigan (3.7×), and New Jersey (3.4×), and least common in California (0.27×).

4,124 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Ruthann

#2,574 Frederic · 9,345#2,575 Fern · 9,341#2,577 Brodie · 9,321#2,578 Selene · 9,318

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ruthann, most common first.

#5,711 Ruthanne · 2,947#20,756 Ruthanna · 495#51,177 Ruthan · 115

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