How Many People Are Named Ruba?
An estimated 473 people in the United States have the first name Ruba. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 23 years old, and Ruba peaked in popularity in 1996 with 19 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Ruba as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Ruba paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
473
About 1 in 724,639 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
23
years old
Peak Year
1996
19 births
Total Registered
502
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Ruba
Ruba is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 502 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Ruba as a female name
Ranked #10,893 in 2024
9 female births in 2024
Peak: 1996 (19 births)
Ruba: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Ruba span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 9 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 128 babies were registered. While Ruba is less common than at its peak in the 1990s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Ruba by Decade
How has Ruba tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Ruba by State
Ruba + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Ruba as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Ruba
Other first names starting with R with a similar number of bearers.
Ruba: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Ruba?
We estimate approximately 473 people named Ruba are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 724,639 Americans share this first name.
Is Ruba a common name?
Ruba is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 84% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 502 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Ruba most popular?
Ruba reached peak popularity in 1996, when 19 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Ruba is approximately 23 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Ruba a female name?
Ruba is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Ruba Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Ruba Smith, Ruba Johnson, Ruba Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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