Description of the name "Ruth"
Ruth is most popular name in Alaska of US for all generations. And most popular Girl name of Baby Boomers in MidWest. The Short-term(recent 3 years) Trend of this Boy name is stalled, And The Long-term(recent 25 years) Trend is stalled.The Short-term(recent 3 years) Trend of this Girl name is rising, And The Long-term(recent 25 years) Trend is stalled.The popularity of this name is recently(3-years to 2022) stalled for female in West, and stalled for female in West
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Visualized Trend by Regions for 'Ruth'Visualized Trend by States for 'Ruth'
The total number and actual popularities of births of the name "Ruth"
Years where ranks are the same does not imply that the number of births are the same. Data are missing for 4 years where the name Howard is not in the top 1000 most popular names. Name data are from Social Security card applications for births that occurred in the United States.The rankings of the name "Ruth" by years
Name Rankings by Generations
In the G.I. Generation(1901~1927), the popularity of name "Ruth" is 5th out of 1436 names.In the Silent Generation(1928~1945), the popularity of name "Ruth" is 14th out of 1316 names.
In the Baby Boomers(1946~1964), the popularity of name "Ruth" is 71st out of 1355 names.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980), the popularity of name "Ruth" is 175th out of 1451 names.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996), the popularity of name "Ruth" is 271st out of 1494 names.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012), the popularity of name "Ruth" is 340th out of 1518 names.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023), the popularity of name "Ruth" is 247th out of 1241 names.
Name Rankings by Generations and regions
In the Baby Boomers(1946~1964) of MidWest, the popularity of name "Ruth" is 94th out of 1241 names of Girl.In the Baby Boomers(1946~1964) of Northeast, the popularity of name "Ruth" is 98th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Baby Boomers(1946~1964) of South, the popularity of name "Ruth" is 130th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Baby Boomers(1946~1964) of West, the popularity of name "Ruth" is 106th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980) of MidWest, the popularity of name "Ruth" is 217th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980) of Northeast, the popularity of name "Ruth" is 187th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980) of South, the popularity of name "Ruth" is 263rd out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980) of West, the popularity of name "Ruth" is 241st out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996) of Northeast, the popularity of name "Ruth" is 295th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996) of South, the popularity of name "Ruth" is 386th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996) of West, the popularity of name "Ruth" is 399th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012) of Northeast, the popularity of name "Ruth" is 339th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012) of South, the popularity of name "Ruth" is 429th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023) of MidWest, the popularity of name "Ruth" is 266th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023) of Northeast, the popularity of name "Ruth" is 258th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023) of South, the popularity of name "Ruth" is 372nd out of 1241 names of Girl.
Popularities by states
In here, popularity refers to the value obtained by dividing the number of births with that name in a particular state by the total number of births in that state. Therefore, it represents an absolute value of popularity unaffected by population.