Rubye
Rubye is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Rubye
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Rubye is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Rubye
Rubye first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1886, with 7 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1919, when 256 Rubyes were born — ranking #403 that year. As of 2026, Rubye ranks #11,156 for baby girls with 8 births, with steady use. In total, more than 7K Rubyes have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Rubye
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About the name Rubye
Rubye is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1886 and has accumulated 7K births in the dataset. Rubye's peak popularity came in 1919 when it ranked #403. Use the chart and map above to compare Rubye's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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