Rubie
Girl · ROO-bee · English
Rubie is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “red gemstone”. In 2025 it ranked 1,868th for girls in the UK (16 babies) and 3,974th for girls in the US (36 babies).
What does Rubie mean?
English: spelling of Ruby
“red gemstone”
A spelling of Ruby, the red gemstone, whose name comes from Latin rubeus, red.
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Is Rubie a girl's or a boy's name?
Rubie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the UK and 36 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rubie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,868among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were named Rubie, making it the 1,868th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,033rd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 111 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Rubie than any year since 2004.
Half of all the girls named Rubie 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 Rubie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #45, up from #1,868 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,809th in England and Wales.
Rubie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,868 |
| 2024 | 23 | #1,449 |
| 2023 | 23 | #1,451 |
| 2022 | 20 | #1,591 |
| 2021 | 35 | #1,054 |
| 2020 | 35 | #1,033 |
| 2019 | 34 | #1,085 |
| 2018 | 36 | #1,050 |
| 2017 | 33 | #1,127 |
| 2016 | 44 | #917 |
| 2015 | 46 | #878 |
| 2014 | 67 | #655 |
| 2013 | 95 | #491 |
| 2012 | 76 | #615 |
| 2011 | 98 | #479 |
| 2010 | 93 | #490 |
| 2009 | 85 | #514 |
| 2008 | 103 | #450 |
| 2007 | 111 | #407 |
| 2006 | 105 | #423 |
| 2005 | 80 | #496 |
| 2004 | 15 | #1,561 |
| 2003 | 23 | #1,087 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,755 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,502 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
How popular is Rubie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,974among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 36about 1 in 45,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 36 girls in the US were named Rubie, making it the 3,974th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,850th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 156 girls. It first appears in the records in 1884.
2025 had fewer girls named Rubie than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Rubie in the US since 1880 were born between 1918 and 1975, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,826 girls in the US were given Rubie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #73, up from #3,974 for this spelling alone.
Rubie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,974 |
| 2024 | 47 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 45 | #3,475 |
| 2022 | 40 | #3,763 |
| 2021 | 43 | #3,552 |
| 2020 | 57 | #2,850 |
| 2019 | 38 | #3,850 |
| 2018 | 46 | #3,395 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,995 |
| 2016 | 40 | #3,777 |
| 2015 | 45 | #3,478 |
| 2014 | 33 | #4,348 |
| 2013 | 43 | #3,571 |
| 2012 | 45 | #3,522 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,205 |
| 2010 | 41 | #3,744 |
| 2009 | 43 | #3,676 |
| 2008 | 36 | #4,267 |
| 2007 | 36 | #4,212 |
| 2006 | 31 | #4,575 |
| 2005 | 38 | #3,805 |
| 2004 | 38 | #3,744 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,105 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,067 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 29 | #3,966 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,679 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,323 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,887 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,714 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,095 |
| 1963 | 14 | #3,457 |
| 1962 | 17 | #3,032 |
| 1961 | 16 | #3,188 |
| 1960 | 14 | #3,356 |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,519 |
| 1957 | 18 | #2,726 |
| 1956 | 20 | #2,529 |
| 1955 | 32 | #1,876 |
| 1954 | 25 | #2,121 |
| 1953 | 19 | #2,430 |
| 1952 | 32 | #1,745 |
| 1951 | 21 | #2,181 |
| 1950 | 21 | #2,120 |
| 1949 | 33 | #1,626 |
| 1948 | 23 | #2,007 |
| 1947 | 40 | #1,487 |
| 1946 | 29 | #1,646 |
| 1945 | 47 | #1,141 |
| 1944 | 33 | #1,400 |
| 1943 | 31 | #1,491 |
| 1942 | 35 | #1,367 |
| 1941 | 47 | #1,065 |
| 1940 | 46 | #1,062 |
| 1939 | 46 | #1,053 |
| 1938 | 60 | #914 |
| 1937 | 48 | #1,018 |
| 1936 | 46 | #1,022 |
| 1935 | 57 | #912 |
| 1934 | 74 | #781 |
| 1933 | 61 | #858 |
| 1932 | 69 | #826 |
| 1931 | 64 | #862 |
| 1930 | 76 | #810 |
| 1929 | 89 | #742 |
| 1928 | 94 | #731 |
| 1927 | 89 | #766 |
| 1926 | 98 | #733 |
| 1925 | 113 | #693 |
| 1924 | 121 | #676 |
| 1923 | 132 | #639 |
| 1922 | 130 | #644 |
| 1921 | 156 | #576 |
| 1920 | 130 | #628 |
| 1919 | 125 | #626 |
| 1918 | 126 | #629 |
| 1917 | 108 | #655 |
| 1916 | 118 | #623 |
| 1915 | 96 | #669 |
| 1914 | 86 | #618 |
| 1913 | 60 | #671 |
| 1912 | 65 | #608 |
| 1911 | 51 | #594 |
| 1910 | 56 | #543 |
| 1909 | 52 | #522 |
| 1908 | 37 | #629 |
| 1907 | 42 | #564 |
| 1906 | 44 | #515 |
| 1905 | 28 | #664 |
| 1904 | 21 | #773 |
| 1903 | 38 | #522 |
| 1902 | 31 | #591 |
| 1901 | 27 | #603 |
| 1900 | 33 | #611 |
| 1899 | 24 | #629 |
| 1898 | 27 | #619 |
| 1897 | 23 | #644 |
| 1896 | 22 | #670 |
| 1895 | 14 | #858 |
| 1894 | 25 | #586 |
| 1893 | 20 | #644 |
| 1892 | 10 | #958 |
| 1891 | 13 | #750 |
| 1890 | 18 | #617 |
| 1889 | 14 | #687 |
| 1888 | 20 | #558 |
| 1887 | 10 | #733 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,047 |
| 1884 | 11 | #640 |
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