How Many People Are Named Ruffin?
people named Ruffin are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,675,415 people in the US has this name
Based on 560 babies named Ruffin in Social Security records from 1886 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
19 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ruffin in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ruffin alive today is about 58 years old, and 57% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 43 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ruffin first appears in the records in 1886 and was given most often in 1916, to 19 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1886 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Ruffin has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #947, in 1886.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #947 (1886) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,366 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ruffin alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ruffin were born in North Carolina than in any other state: about 9 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ruffin was given about 19.3 times as often in North Carolina.
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