# Ruthie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ruthie/  
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 | 22,656 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 32 / 22,624 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 31, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Ruth + -ie.

## 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 | 89 | 2,154 |
| 2012 | 94 | 2,061 |
| 2013 | 114 | 1,806 |
| 2014 | 108 | 1,873 |
| 2015 | 134 | 1,606 |
| 2016 | 137 | 1,610 |
| 2017 | 136 | 1,601 |
| 2018 | 166 | 1,364 |
| 2019 | 160 | 1,410 |
| 2020 | 182 | 1,254 |
| 2021 | 234 | 1,074 |
| 2022 | 260 | 1,008 |
| 2023 | 291 | 915 |
| 2024 | 307 | 883 |
| 2025 | 349 | 781 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 7 | 3,505 |
| 1930 | 6 | 3,941 |
| 1935 | 7 | 3,211 |
| 1937 | 7 | 3,132 |
| 1939 | 5 | 3,894 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3 | 3,900 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2010 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |

## People named Ruthie

- Ruthie Bolton, American basketball player (born 1967)
- Ruthie Matthes, American cyclist
- Ruthie Foster, American singer

## 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.