Is Rutha a boy or girl name?
Rutha was a girl name in the US. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 2,799 US babies named Rutha were girls. Fewer than 10 babies were given the name in 2024.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Rutha since 1884
- 2,799
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 87 babies
Boys and girls named Rutha, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 17 | 100% |
| 1890s | 0 | 61 | 100% |
| 1900s | 0 | 100 | 100% |
| 1910s | 0 | 265 | 100% |
| 1920s | 0 | 686 | 100% |
| 1930s | 0 | 637 | 100% |
| 1940s | 0 | 531 | 100% |
| 1950s | 0 | 359 | 100% |
| 1960s | 0 | 128 | 100% |
| 1970s | 0 | 15 | 100% |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1990s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2000s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2010s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2020s | 0 | 0 | – |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 6 | #8,782 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 9 | #5,955 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 7 | #6,458 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 7 | #6,120 |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 13 | #3,801 |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 10 | #4,423 |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 18 | #3,082 |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 15 | #3,438 |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 16 | #3,270 |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 18 | #3,041 |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 24 | #2,497 |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 28 | #2,183 |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 19 | #2,734 |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 26 | #2,209 |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 32 | #1,925 |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 33 | #1,870 |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 40 | #1,618 |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 54 | #1,330 |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 35 | #1,674 |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 46 | #1,391 |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 46 | #1,360 |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 47 | #1,351 |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 59 | #1,183 |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 61 | #1,159 |
| 1946 | 0 | – | 50 | #1,228 |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 55 | #1,059 |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 49 | #1,126 |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 48 | #1,175 |
| 1942 | 0 | – | 49 | #1,134 |
| 1941 | 0 | – | 54 | #1,003 |
| 1940 | 0 | – | 59 | #942 |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 56 | #951 |
| 1938 | 0 | – | 50 | #1,017 |
| 1937 | 0 | – | 73 | #807 |
| 1936 | 0 | – | 62 | #868 |
| 1935 | 0 | – | 67 | #847 |
| 1934 | 0 | – | 71 | #802 |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 45 | #1,048 |
| 1932 | 0 | – | 81 | #753 |
| 1931 | 0 | – | 61 | #884 |
| 1930 | 0 | – | 71 | #852 |
| 1929 | 0 | – | 82 | #776 |
| 1928 | 0 | – | 73 | #853 |
| 1927 | 0 | – | 80 | #823 |
| 1926 | 0 | – | 59 | #979 |
| 1925 | 0 | – | 87 | #792 |
| 1924 | 0 | – | 64 | #959 |
| 1923 | 0 | – | 66 | #905 |
| 1922 | 0 | – | 55 | #1,018 |
| 1921 | 0 | – | 61 | #953 |
| 1920 | 0 | – | 59 | #957 |
| 1919 | 0 | – | 49 | #1,037 |
| 1918 | 0 | – | 31 | #1,407 |
| 1917 | 0 | – | 32 | #1,301 |
| 1916 | 0 | – | 38 | #1,165 |
| 1915 | 0 | – | 33 | #1,221 |
| 1914 | 0 | – | 21 | #1,431 |
| 1913 | 0 | – | 24 | #1,142 |
| 1912 | 0 | – | 11 | #1,820 |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 15 | #1,225 |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 11 | #1,505 |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 19 | #958 |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 14 | #1,127 |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 11 | #1,273 |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 5 | #2,176 |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 10 | #1,289 |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 10 | #1,236 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 11 | #1,126 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 6 | #1,761 |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 6 | #1,641 |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 8 | #1,543 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 10 | #1,087 |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 6 | #1,667 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 6 | #1,523 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 9 | #1,199 |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 8 | #1,283 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 9 | #1,083 |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 6 | #1,315 |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 7 | #1,184 |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 5 | #1,258 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 5 | #1,180 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 7 | #916 |
Highest rank
Rutha has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #753 in 1932. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1920s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Rutha
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.