Rubee
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ROO-bee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Rubee is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “red gemstone”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Rubee mean?
English: spelling of Ruby; gemstone name, from Latin rubeus, red
“red gemstone”
A gemstone name taken up in Victorian times; the ruby is the traditional birthstone for July.
Meaning borrowed from Ruby. More on Wiktionary.
Is Rubee a girl's or a boy's name?
Rubee is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rubee in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Rubee in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Rubee in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Rubee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Rubee, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Rubee in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,826 girls in the US were given Rubee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #73, up from #8,858 for this spelling alone.
Rubee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
Names like Rubee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zainab Summer Hafsa Rahma Ayra Ayah Raya Aaliyah Hiba Ruqayyah Rehmat
Other spellings of Rubee
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rubee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rubee, updated 20 October 2026.