Ruth
79
Babies in 2024
-19%
10-year change
1996
Peak · 381
+11%
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 Ruth
Ruth peaked among UK girls' names in the late 1990s (381 babies in 1996) and has remained in active use — 79 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Ruth reached its peak in 1996, when 381 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #120 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 79 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 4,118 girls have been officially registered with the name Ruth in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 922 girls were registered with the name, starting from 97 in 2014 and ending at 79 in 2024.