Ruby
1.02k
Babies in 2024
-61%
10-year change
2007
Peak · 4.99k
-4%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Ruby
Ruby peaked among UK girls' names in the late 2000s (4,986 babies in 2007) and has remained in active use — 1,020 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Ruby reached its peak in 2007, when 4,986 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #1 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 1,020 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 60,551 girls have been officially registered with the name Ruby in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 17,598 girls were registered with the name, starting from 2,595 in 2014 and ending at 1,020 in 2024.