Ruby-May
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ROO-bee-MAY
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
Ruby-May is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “red gemstone + May”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Ruby-May mean?
Modern: combination of Ruby and May
“red gemstone + May”
A double-barrelled pairing of the gem name Ruby with May.
Is Ruby-May a girl's or a boy's name?
Ruby-May is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ruby-May in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 59% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Ruby-May, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,780th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 56 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Ruby-May than any year since 2003.
Half of all the girls named Ruby-May in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 27 girls in the UK were given Ruby-May or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,110, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
- Ruby-Mae 22
- Ruby-May 5
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Ruby-May in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,957 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,780 |
| 2019 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2018 | 26 | #1,335 |
| 2017 | 20 | #1,647 |
| 2016 | 23 | #1,498 |
| 2015 | 35 | #1,085 |
| 2014 | 42 | #951 |
| 2013 | 52 | #794 |
| 2012 | 56 | #765 |
| 2011 | 56 | #742 |
| 2010 | 51 | #772 |
| 2009 | 54 | #736 |
| 2008 | 46 | #810 |
| 2007 | 38 | #893 |
| 2006 | 21 | #1,319 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
Nicknames for Ruby-May
- Ruby 1,202 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Ruby-May
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ruby Lily Daisy Isabelle Summer Matilda Sophia Violet Poppy Miley Sienna Isabella
Other spellings of Ruby-May
Names related to Ruby-May
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ruby-May: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ruby-may, updated 20 October 2026.