# Rubie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rubie/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,317 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 46 / 5,271 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,307, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 26 | 5,330 |
| 2012 | 45 | 3,572 |
| 2013 | 43 | 3,632 |
| 2014 | 33 | 4,434 |
| 2015 | 45 | 3,520 |
| 2016 | 40 | 3,838 |
| 2017 | 37 | 4,056 |
| 2018 | 46 | 3,430 |
| 2019 | 38 | 3,906 |
| 2020 | 57 | 2,881 |
| 2021 | 43 | 3,603 |
| 2022 | 40 | 3,814 |
| 2023 | 45 | 3,515 |
| 2024 | 47 | 3,378 |
| 2025 | 36 | 4,051 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1913 | 5 | 3,188 |
| 1915 | 7 | 3,343 |
| 1916 | 5 | 4,407 |
| 1917 | 5 | 4,472 |
| 1920 | 6 | 4,202 |
| 1925 | 5 | 4,770 |
| 1927 | 7 | 3,720 |
| 1930 | 6 | 3,937 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 96 | 444 |
| 2012 | 71 | 596 |
| 2013 | 90 | 466 |
| 2014 | 66 | 613 |
| 2015 | 44 | 845 |
| 2016 | 41 | 897 |
| 2017 | 30 | 1,144 |
| 2018 | 34 | 1,035 |
| 2019 | 32 | 1,063 |
| 2020 | 33 | 1,013 |
| 2021 | 33 | 1,039 |
| 2022 | 18 | 1,621 |
| 2023 | 19 | 1,575 |
| 2024 | 23 | 1,406 |
| 2025 | 16 | 1,809 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.