Ruby
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Ruby is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “red gemstone”. In 2025 it ranked 38th for girls in the UK (1,202 babies) and 64th for girls in the US (3,554 babies).
What does Ruby mean?
English: gemstone name, from Latin rubeus, red
“red gemstone”
A gemstone name taken up in Victorian times; the ruby is the traditional birthstone for July.
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Is Ruby a girl's or a boy's name?
Ruby is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 1,202 girls in the UK and 3,554 girls and 15 boys in the US.
How popular is Ruby in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #38among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,202about 1 in 230 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 5.9%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,202 girls in the UK were named Ruby, making it the 38th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 28th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 5,283 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ruby in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 38th in England and Wales, 30th in Scotland and 23rd in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#77), 1914 (#68), 1924 (#67), 2004 (#31), 2014 (#15) and 2024 (#41).
Ruby in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,202 | #38 |
| 2024 | 1,165 | #42 |
| 2023 | 1,228 | #38 |
| 2022 | 1,470 | #30 |
| 2021 | 1,485 | #32 |
| 2020 | 1,568 | #28 |
| 2019 | 1,903 | #21 |
| 2018 | 1,754 | #30 |
| 2017 | 1,915 | #26 |
| 2016 | 2,130 | #23 |
| 2015 | 2,502 | #17 |
| 2014 | 2,906 | #16 |
| 2013 | 3,259 | #12 |
| 2012 | 3,546 | #12 |
| 2011 | 4,068 | #9 |
| 2010 | 4,267 | #8 |
| 2009 | 4,893 | #5 |
| 2008 | 5,255 | #5 |
| 2007 | 5,283 | #4 |
| 2006 | 4,694 | #6 |
| 2005 | 3,307 | #15 |
| 2004 | 1,708 | #31 |
| 2003 | 1,134 | #52 |
| 2002 | 830 | #69 |
| 2001 | 778 | #75 |
| 2000 | 699 | #85 |
| 1999 | 602 | #99 |
| 1998 | 493 | #115 |
| 1997 | 494 | #113 |
| 1996 | 466 | #107 |
How popular is Ruby in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #64among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3,554about 1 in 450 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 3.1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3,554 girls in the US were named Ruby, making it the 64th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 74th. Its busiest year was 1924, with 8,406 girls. 15 boys were also named Ruby in 2025 (5,859th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Ruby in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 1978, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,826 girls in the US were given Ruby or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #73.
Ruby in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,554 | #64 |
| 2024 | 3,533 | #62 |
| 2023 | 3,364 | #65 |
| 2022 | 3,621 | #62 |
| 2021 | 3,599 | #62 |
| 2020 | 3,342 | #74 |
| 2019 | 3,738 | #66 |
| 2018 | 3,591 | #74 |
| 2017 | 3,587 | #79 |
| 2016 | 3,847 | #71 |
| 2015 | 3,467 | #83 |
| 2014 | 3,430 | #90 |
| 2013 | 3,321 | #93 |
| 2012 | 2,918 | #105 |
| 2011 | 2,770 | #109 |
| 2010 | 2,798 | #113 |
| 2009 | 3,019 | #108 |
| 2008 | 3,021 | #113 |
| 2007 | 2,900 | #116 |
| 2006 | 2,582 | #137 |
| 2005 | 2,472 | #130 |
| 2004 | 2,120 | #158 |
| 2003 | 1,707 | #189 |
| 2002 | 1,579 | #207 |
| 2001 | 1,366 | #232 |
| 2000 | 1,266 | #258 |
| 1999 | 1,209 | #261 |
| 1998 | 1,207 | #256 |
| 1997 | 1,040 | #280 |
| 1996 | 985 | #295 |
| 1995 | 1,053 | #260 |
| 1994 | 1,031 | #271 |
| 1993 | 1,034 | #266 |
| 1992 | 1,039 | #272 |
| 1991 | 1,004 | #277 |
| 1990 | 954 | #291 |
| 1989 | 765 | #329 |
| 1988 | 621 | #383 |
| 1987 | 631 | #369 |
| 1986 | 558 | #401 |
| 1985 | 593 | #384 |
| 1984 | 595 | #380 |
| 1983 | 591 | #377 |
| 1982 | 622 | #371 |
| 1981 | 677 | #346 |
| 1980 | 659 | #357 |
| 1979 | 661 | #350 |
| 1978 | 628 | #347 |
| 1977 | 601 | #362 |
| 1976 | 616 | #348 |
| 1975 | 628 | #346 |
| 1974 | 601 | #358 |
| 1973 | 635 | #345 |
| 1972 | 638 | #348 |
| 1971 | 731 | #346 |
| 1970 | 694 | #358 |
| 1969 | 680 | #343 |
| 1968 | 639 | #352 |
| 1967 | 746 | #317 |
| 1966 | 807 | #311 |
| 1965 | 984 | #276 |
| 1964 | 1,113 | #269 |
| 1963 | 1,383 | #236 |
| 1962 | 1,148 | #263 |
| 1961 | 1,278 | #245 |
| 1960 | 1,386 | #229 |
| 1959 | 1,502 | #215 |
| 1958 | 1,639 | #202 |
| 1957 | 1,783 | #197 |
| 1956 | 1,992 | #179 |
| 1955 | 2,009 | #173 |
| 1954 | 2,143 | #162 |
| 1953 | 2,342 | #150 |
| 1952 | 2,375 | #145 |
| 1951 | 2,351 | #140 |
| 1950 | 2,414 | #130 |
| 1949 | 2,577 | #123 |
| 1948 | 2,894 | #114 |
| 1947 | 3,069 | #112 |
| 1946 | 3,050 | #105 |
| 1945 | 2,904 | #95 |
| 1944 | 3,189 | #87 |
| 1943 | 3,470 | #82 |
| 1942 | 3,519 | #77 |
| 1941 | 3,581 | #69 |
| 1940 | 3,619 | #66 |
| 1939 | 3,712 | #67 |
| 1938 | 3,942 | #61 |
| 1937 | 4,289 | #52 |
| 1936 | 4,226 | #51 |
| 1935 | 4,764 | #41 |
| 1934 | 4,978 | #39 |
| 1933 | 4,944 | #43 |
| 1932 | 5,469 | #38 |
| 1931 | 5,331 | #39 |
| 1930 | 5,993 | #36 |
| 1929 | 6,153 | #36 |
| 1928 | 6,692 | #34 |
| 1927 | 7,264 | #30 |
| 1926 | 7,476 | #30 |
| 1925 | 7,843 | #30 |
| 1924 | 8,406 | #26 |
| 1923 | 8,232 | #25 |
| 1922 | 8,003 | #26 |
| 1921 | 8,333 | #26 |
| 1920 | 8,336 | #26 |
| 1919 | 8,334 | #24 |
| 1918 | 8,134 | #27 |
| 1917 | 7,662 | #27 |
| 1916 | 7,686 | #23 |
| 1915 | 7,237 | #24 |
| 1914 | 5,625 | #24 |
| 1913 | 4,913 | #23 |
| 1912 | 4,452 | #23 |
| 1911 | 3,372 | #22 |
| 1910 | 2,893 | #27 |
| 1909 | 2,524 | #27 |
| 1908 | 2,229 | #33 |
| 1907 | 2,113 | #34 |
| 1906 | 1,962 | #36 |
| 1905 | 1,885 | #38 |
| 1904 | 1,701 | #40 |
| 1903 | 1,538 | #42 |
| 1902 | 1,458 | #47 |
| 1901 | 1,225 | #49 |
| 1900 | 1,540 | #51 |
| 1899 | 1,103 | #52 |
| 1898 | 1,191 | #58 |
| 1897 | 1,025 | #57 |
| 1896 | 994 | #66 |
| 1895 | 954 | #66 |
| 1894 | 874 | #67 |
| 1893 | 769 | #71 |
| 1892 | 695 | #74 |
| 1891 | 554 | #80 |
| 1890 | 540 | #81 |
| 1889 | 522 | #78 |
| 1888 | 445 | #94 |
| 1887 | 309 | #105 |
| 1886 | 301 | #106 |
| 1885 | 272 | #106 |
| 1884 | 244 | #108 |
| 1883 | 163 | #126 |
| 1882 | 136 | #131 |
| 1881 | 119 | #133 |
| 1880 | 92 | #149 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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