How Many People Are Named Ruthe?
people named Ruthe are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,190,888 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,949 babies named Ruthe in Social Security records from 1898 to 1973, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
122 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ruthe in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ruthe alive today is about 79 years old, and 96% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 71 and 87 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ruthe first appears in the records in 1898 and was given most often in 1924, to 122 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1973.
Babies given the name each year, 1898 to 1973
🏆 Rank History
Ruthe has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #674, in 1924.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #674 (1924) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #774 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ruthe alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ruthe were born in Pennsylvania than in any other state: about 4 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ruthe was given 3 times as often in Illinois, 2.7 times in Pennsylvania and 2.5 times in New York.
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