Ruthy

Gender: Girl
Say it: ROO-thee
Origin: Hebrew
US rank, 2025: #10,913 for girls

Ruthy is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “friend; companion”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).

What does Ruthy mean?

Hebrew: spelling of Ruthie; pet form of Ruth

“friend; companion”

A pet form of Ruth, the loyal Moabite woman whose story is told in the biblical Book of Ruth.

Meaning borrowed from Ruthie. More on Wiktionary.

Is Ruthy a girl's or a boy's name?

Ruthy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Ruthy in the US?

Rank in 2025: 10,913th among girls
Babies in 2025: 8 about 1 in 200,000 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, 8 girls in the US were named Ruthy, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 1958, with 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 1913.

Half of all the girls named Ruthy in the US since 1880 were born between 1936 and 1982, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 357 girls in the US were given Ruthy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #759, up from #10,913 for this spelling alone.

Ruthie 349
Ruthy 8

1913Busiest: 29 in 19582025

Ruthy in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	8	#10,913
2024	9	#10,266
2023	11	#8,984
2022	8	#11,225
2021	11	#8,973
2020	12	#8,401
2019	7	#12,442
2018	6	#13,788
2017	0	–
2016	5	#16,210
2015	5	#16,413
2014	8	#11,925
2013	5	#16,542
2012	8	#12,193
2011	11	#9,719
2010	6	#14,953
2009	9	#11,454
2008	6	#15,399
2007	10	#10,814
2006	7	#13,601
2005	6	#14,495
2004	8	#11,617
2003	6	#13,837
2002	0	–
2001	6	#13,514
2000	0	–
1999	0	–
1998	5	#14,116
1997	5	#13,719
1996	5	#13,511
1995	0	–
1994	0	–
1993	0	–
1992	0	–
1991	0	–
1990	5	#12,952
1989	9	#8,031
1988	0	–
1987	6	#9,820
1986	6	#9,540
1985	5	#10,672
1984	0	–
1983	0	–
1982	8	#7,467
1981	0	–
1980	5	#10,390
1979	10	#6,188
1978	6	#8,560
1977	0	–
1976	0	–
1975	7	#7,171
1974	0	–
1973	5	#8,421
1972	6	#7,290
1971	0	–
1970	5	#7,994
1969	0	–
1968	6	#6,244
1967	7	#5,456
1966	7	#5,272
1965	10	#4,201
1964	14	#3,514
1963	13	#3,634
1962	15	#3,292
1961	12	#3,792
1960	20	#2,728
1959	29	#2,107
1958	29	#2,072
1957	21	#2,485
1956	13	#3,320
1955	22	#2,340
1954	17	#2,694
1953	11	#3,479
1952	11	#3,371
1951	7	#4,384
1950	12	#3,051
1949	7	#4,234
1948	7	#4,203
1947	7	#4,343
1946	13	#2,738
1945	11	#2,741
1944	12	#2,624
1943	13	#2,557
1942	7	#3,736
1941	14	#2,271
1940	12	#2,423
1939	13	#2,300
1938	7	#3,448
1937	15	#2,101
1936	6	#3,699
1935	15	#2,094
1934	9	#2,922
1933	9	#2,867
1932	15	#2,129
1931	9	#2,970
1930	10	#2,844
1929	13	#2,436
1928	13	#2,496
1927	8	#3,559
1926	10	#3,045
1925	11	#2,938
1924	16	#2,307
1923	14	#2,465
1922	6	#4,443
1921	12	#2,762
1920	15	#2,357
1919	12	#2,639
1918	5	#4,807
1917	6	#4,081
1916	5	#4,415
1915	7	#3,433
1914	0	–
1913	8	#2,330