Ruthanna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- roo-THAN-ah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Ruthanna is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “friend + grace”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Ruthanna mean?
Hebrew: combination of Ruth and Anna
“friend + grace”
Joins Ruth, heroine of the biblical Book of Ruth, with Anna, the Greek and Latin form of Hannah.
Is Ruthanna a girl's or a boy's name?
Ruthanna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ruthanna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Ruthanna, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1923, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the girls named Ruthanna in the US since 1880 were born between 1925 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ruthanna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,891 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,386 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,761 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,248 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,962 |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,427 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,938 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,688 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,429 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,687 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,272 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,306 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,305 |
| 1929 | 22 | #1,703 |
| 1928 | 19 | #1,960 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,698 |
| 1926 | 18 | #2,075 |
| 1925 | 20 | #1,945 |
| 1924 | 17 | #2,211 |
| 1923 | 24 | #1,736 |
| 1922 | 20 | #1,957 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,762 |
| 1920 | 21 | #1,889 |
| 1919 | 19 | #1,921 |
| 1918 | 20 | #1,887 |
| 1917 | 21 | #1,708 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,368 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,899 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
Nicknames for Ruthanna
Names like Ruthanna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eliza, Eva, Josephine, Emma, Anna, Naomi, Leona, Ella, Stella, Winona, Isabella, Helena
Names related to Ruthanna
More Hebrew names
Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
Sources
Figures from 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, “Ruthanna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ruthanna, updated 20 October 2026.