Rubi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ROO-bee
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,076 for girls
Rubi is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “ruby”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 1,076th for girls in the US (225 babies).
What does Rubi mean?
Latin: Spanish spelling of Ruby, from rubí
“ruby”
The gem's name comes via Old French from Latin ruber, 'red'.
Is Rubi a girl's or a boy's name?
Rubi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 225 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rubi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Rubi, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 52 girls.
Half of all the girls named Rubi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,226 girls in the UK were given Rubi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #45, up from #3,101 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales and 397th in Northern Ireland.
Rubi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 19 | #1,669 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,958 |
| 2018 | 15 | #2,000 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,833 |
| 2016 | 20 | #1,653 |
| 2015 | 27 | #1,317 |
| 2014 | 36 | #1,053 |
| 2013 | 32 | #1,165 |
| 2012 | 40 | #978 |
| 2011 | 46 | #858 |
| 2010 | 48 | #815 |
| 2009 | 52 | #762 |
| 2008 | 42 | #855 |
| 2007 | 51 | #725 |
| 2006 | 37 | #868 |
| 2005 | 33 | #900 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Rubi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,076among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 225about 1 in 7,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 225 girls in the US were named Rubi, making it the 1,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,308th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 716 girls. It first appears in the records in 1957.
Half of all the girls named Rubi in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,826 girls in the US were given Rubi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #73, up from #1,076 for this spelling alone.
Rubi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 225 | #1,076 |
| 2024 | 227 | #1,086 |
| 2023 | 203 | #1,179 |
| 2022 | 240 | #1,059 |
| 2021 | 196 | #1,211 |
| 2020 | 168 | #1,308 |
| 2019 | 186 | #1,251 |
| 2018 | 163 | #1,378 |
| 2017 | 167 | #1,379 |
| 2016 | 184 | #1,300 |
| 2015 | 177 | #1,337 |
| 2014 | 191 | #1,261 |
| 2013 | 188 | #1,264 |
| 2012 | 203 | #1,206 |
| 2011 | 216 | #1,135 |
| 2010 | 303 | #877 |
| 2009 | 325 | #857 |
| 2008 | 531 | #580 |
| 2007 | 409 | #715 |
| 2006 | 471 | #616 |
| 2005 | 716 | #431 |
| 2004 | 448 | #613 |
| 2003 | 123 | #1,560 |
| 2002 | 145 | #1,337 |
| 2001 | 139 | #1,367 |
| 2000 | 118 | #1,531 |
| 1999 | 101 | #1,645 |
| 1998 | 125 | #1,371 |
| 1997 | 121 | #1,393 |
| 1996 | 137 | #1,267 |
| 1995 | 152 | #1,148 |
| 1994 | 147 | #1,196 |
| 1993 | 201 | #937 |
| 1992 | 211 | #919 |
| 1991 | 216 | #897 |
| 1990 | 285 | #730 |
| 1989 | 134 | #1,201 |
| 1988 | 34 | #2,982 |
| 1987 | 30 | #3,098 |
| 1986 | 31 | #2,972 |
| 1985 | 32 | #2,859 |
| 1984 | 32 | #2,780 |
| 1983 | 26 | #3,150 |
| 1982 | 34 | #2,704 |
| 1981 | 25 | #3,340 |
| 1980 | 37 | #2,537 |
| 1979 | 33 | #2,671 |
| 1978 | 30 | #2,741 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,424 |
| 1976 | 32 | #2,486 |
| 1975 | 23 | #3,052 |
| 1974 | 22 | #3,110 |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,121 |
| 1972 | 32 | #2,311 |
| 1971 | 27 | #2,665 |
| 1970 | 22 | #3,030 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,535 |
Names like Rubi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Rubi
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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, “Rubi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rubi, updated 20 October 2026.