RUTH is ranked as the 93rd most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 623,571.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 195.56 people named RUTH for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named RUTH is 310,364.
The SSA data also shows that RUTH is used as a girl's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
RUTH is
77.1% White,
7.1% Hispanic origin,
12.0% Black,
1.6% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.7% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name RUTH have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name RUTH is included in the following name categories:
US feminine baby name - Social Security Administration
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Common Swedish feminine given name - SCB Data
Biblical surname
English surname
Feminine given name
English feminine given name
Hebrew feminine given name
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name RUTH
The state with the most people named
RUTH is
California where
71,690 people have this name.
Iowa is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named RUTH, as
278.38 in every 100,000
Iowans
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Florida.
Iowa is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Louisiana
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
1 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name RUTH
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
19,085
148.17
99.8%
Indiana
11,765
178.34
99.6%
Iowa
8,650
278.38
99.7%
Kansas
4,796
165.15
99.2%
Michigan
25,112
253.4
99.9%
Minnesota
11,956
219.08
99.8%
Missouri
4,640
154.97
99.4%
Nebraska
2,871
152.6
98.8%
North Dakota
836
113.09
96.0%
Ohio
24,487
211.2
99.7%
South Dakota
1,238
145.1
97.3%
Wisconsin
15,108
262.4
99.8%
West States
State stats for the first name RUTH
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
812
110.26
96.1%
Arizona
10,821
160.76
99.5%
California
71,690
184.76
99.9%
Colorado
7,023
131.13
99.4%
Hawaii
1,812
127.66
99.3%
Idaho
2,116
129.46
98.4%
Montana
1,404
137.18
97.7%
Nevada
3,705
130.51
99.2%
New Mexico
3,024
144.99
98.8%
Oregon
6,619
166.73
99.4%
Utah
3,404
115.66
98.9%
Washington
14,124
200.01
99.8%
Wyoming
746
127.71
96.4%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name RUTH
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have RUTH as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named RUTH.
The most popular full name is RUTH Smith.
0.83% of all the people named RUTH
have this family name.
There are 42439 last
names associated with this first name.