How common is the surname Ruby?

9,091 people in the United States had the surname Ruby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,962 Americans. It ranked 3,904th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ruby?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Ruby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Ruby getting more or less common?

More common. 8,955 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,091 in 2010, up 1.5%.

Is Ruby also a first name?

Yes. Ruby is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Ruby

A surname, carried by 9,091 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R100 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ruby is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

The female name derives from ruby in the 19th century. The programming language was named after the gemstone.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,091 people named Ruby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,962 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,955.

#3,904

rank among US surnames

9,091

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+1.5%

change since 2000 (was #3,646)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,895	Forster	9,116	33,869
#3,896	Olivera	9,108	33,898
#3,897	Melgar	9,106	33,906
#3,898	Knudsen	9,104	33,913
#3,899	Slocum	9,102	33,921
#3,900	Smail	9,097	33,939
#3,901	Hoke	9,096	33,943

Who is named Ruby

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

89% of people named Ruby identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
Two or more races 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ruby

Ruby has the Soundex code R100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R100.

Questions

Where does the surname Ruby come from?: The female name derives from ruby in the 19th century. The programming language was named after the gemstone.
How common is the surname Ruby?: 9,091 people in the United States had the surname Ruby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,962 Americans. It ranked 3,904th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ruby?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Ruby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Ruby getting more or less common?: More common. 8,955 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,091 in 2010, up 1.5%.
Is Ruby also a first name?: Yes. Ruby is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.