Ruth

Meaning and origin of Ruth

Popularity of Ruth in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2019.
• Over recent years, Ruth has been stable (−0.7% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Ruth every 94 schools.

Ruth in English-speaking countries

Ruth ranks 173^rd in United States, 269^th in Ireland and 281^st in New Zealand, against 1,176^th in France.

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  173^rd girls’ name5,172 babies in 3 years1 girl in 934+6.4% a year

• New ZealandDIA · 2023-25

  281^st girls’ name40 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,050

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  301^st girls’ name34 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,168

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  292^nd girls’ name122 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,266+7.3% a year

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  269^th girls’ name46 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,410

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  525^th girls’ name223 babies in 3 years1 girl in 3,443+1.1% a year

• Northern IrelandNISRA · 2023-25

  456^th girls’ name6 babies in 3 years1 girl in 3,752

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  561^st girls’ name14 babies in 3 years1 girl in 3,884

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. Counted as written: other spellings are counted apart.

Names similar to Ruth

• Liz
• Lev
• Leah
• Tal
• Jim
• Anne
• Rahil
• Lyse
• Gabie
• Haya
• Anouck
• Liza

See also

• →French names of Hebrew origin