Rut
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ROOT
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Rut is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “friend, companion”. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Rut mean?
Hebrew: Spanish, Scandinavian and Italian form of Ruth
“friend, companion”
The biblical Book of Ruth tells of a Moabite widow who stays loyal to her mother-in-law Naomi.
Is Rut a girl's or a boy's name?
Rut is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rut in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Rut in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rut in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
How popular is Rut in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Rut, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 38 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
2025 had fewer girls named Rut than any year since 1992.
Half of all the girls named Rut in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rut in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 27 | #4,989 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,011 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,834 |
| 2011 | 29 | #4,806 |
| 2010 | 32 | #4,493 |
| 2009 | 38 | #4,012 |
| 2008 | 26 | #5,431 |
| 2007 | 33 | #4,474 |
| 2006 | 32 | #4,462 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,663 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,004 |
| 2000 | 27 | #4,395 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,820 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
Names like Rut
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Raya Prisha Saanvi Anya Arya River Avneet Anaya Maryam Anvi Japneet Aadhya
Names related to Rut
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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, “Rut: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rut, updated 20 October 2026.