RUBY is ranked as the 374th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 174,917.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 54.86 people named RUBY for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 91% 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 RUBY is 153,887.
The SSA data also shows that RUBY is used as a girl's name 99% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
RUBY is
69.6% White,
8.4% Hispanic origin,
17.3% Black,
2.4% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.6% 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 RUBY have a higher likelyhood of being Black and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name RUBY is included in the following name categories:
Feminine given name
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
US feminine baby name - Social Security Administration
English surname
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name RUBY
The state with the most people named
RUBY is
Texas where
25,342 people have this name.
Mississippi is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named RUBY, as
145.87 in every 100,000
Mississippians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Texas.
Mississippi 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
Massachusetts
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
2 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name RUBY
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
4,346
33.74
99.1%
Indiana
3,154
47.81
98.7%
Iowa
1,344
43.26
98.3%
Kansas
1,554
53.52
97.6%
Michigan
4,160
41.98
99.4%
Minnesota
1,560
28.58
98.7%
Missouri
4,368
145.87
99.4%
Nebraska
657
34.92
96.1%
North Dakota
273
36.97
91.4%
Ohio
4,653
40.13
99.0%
South Dakota
301
35.24
91.6%
Wisconsin
1,498
26.02
98.6%
West States
State stats for the first name RUBY
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
207
28.11
89.5%
Arizona
1,938
28.78
98.0%
California
18,808
48.47
99.7%
Colorado
1,587
29.63
98.0%
Hawaii
602
42.41
97.7%
Idaho
531
32.48
95.3%
Montana
306
29.89
92.7%
Nevada
743
26.17
96.8%
New Mexico
1,024
49.12
96.5%
Oregon
1,403
35.33
97.8%
Utah
654
22.23
96.2%
Washington
2,795
39.58
99.1%
Wyoming
196
33.52
90.4%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name RUBY
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have RUBY 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 RUBY.
The most popular full name is RUBY Smith.
1.12% of all the people named RUBY
have this family name.
There are 12742 last
names associated with this first name.