# Ruth (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ruth/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 15,012 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,414 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 20,567 people |
| Change since 2000 | -3.0% (15,481 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ruth in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ruth in the United States and Portugal.

## People named Ruth

- Babe Ruth, American baseball player (1895–1948)
- Isabel Ruth, actress
- Earl B. Ruth, American politician (1916-1989)

## Similar surnames

Roth, Rath, Routh, Rutt, Reed, Reid, Root, Read, Rudd, Redd, Reddy, Reedy.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.