How rare is the last name Ruby?

8,747 people in the United States have the last name Ruby, about 1 in 34,172. It ranks #3,938 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

RUBY

#3,938

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,747
About
1 in 34,172
This common or more
55.7%
Who bears it

Of the 8,747 people with the last name Ruby, 86.1% reported their origin as White, 6.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.7% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Ruby

#3,936 Wilks · 8,757#3,937 Hulsey · 8,752#3,939 Kovacs · 8,746#3,940 Hanes · 8,745

Spelled almost the same

6 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ruby, most common first.

#12,739 Rubi · 2,314#48,348 Rubey · 472#65,688 Rub · 326#78,145 Rube · 264#79,808 Ruba · 257#144,270 Rubo · 117

Also a first name

As a first name, Ruby ranks #402 of 53,615, with 140,132 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1924, with 8,472 births. See Ruby as a first name

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