How Many People Are Named Rutha?
people named Rutha are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 383,596 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,799 babies named Rutha in Social Security records from 1884 to 1975, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
87 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Rutha in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Rutha alive today is about 76 years old, and 95% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 70 and 84 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Rutha first appears in the records in 1884 and was given most often in 1925, to 87 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1975.
Babies given the name each year, 1884 to 1975
🏆 Rank History
Rutha has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #753, in 1932.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #753 (1932) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #892 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Rutha alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Rutha were born in Mississippi than in any other state: about 170 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Rutha was given 15.1 times as often in Mississippi, 14.7 times in Florida and 7.2 times in Georgia.
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