Ruby

given name · English · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Ruby is a given name, most frequently recorded in India. It appears chiefly in English and Spanish, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: A clear, deep, red variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.

rarermore common
  • IEIreland1 in 921◐
  • AUAustralia1 in 1.1K
  • PHPhilippines1 in 2.2K

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

≈149K ●

across 10 countries

5 ●

recorded for this name

Sources
471 ●

1.7M records

Official registry-verified

1 in 2.4K ◐

United States

Spellings & scripts●

RubyLatin · English●1.5M records
רוביHebrew · Hebrew●7.3K records
루비Hangul · Korean●198 records
สิริบThai · Thai●25 records
সুরাবBengali · Bangla●10 records

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Surabhi in IN India, CR Costa Rica, רובי in IL Israel, FR France and Surbhi in SE Sweden.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

A clear, deep, red variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Ruby is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IN India—177,80278K rec.—2.7KSurabhi172
US United States#377139,4631.3M rec.1 in 2.4K139KRuby471
AU Australia#221101,30043K rec.—550Ruby203
PH Philippines#27376,29970K rec.——Ruby126
GB United Kingdom#38770,99765K rec.—1KRuby201
CA Canada#39431,08126K rec.—41Ruby160
IE Ireland#13310,1242.8K rec.—182Ruby47
IT Italy#6938,2889K rec.—1Ruby40
DE Germany—6,9917.4K rec.—1Ruby92
VN Vietnam#4505,6424.4K rec.——Ruby59
IL Israel—5,5258.2K rec.—495רובי41
SG Singapore#1504,5835K rec.——Ruby55

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages●

  • English1.5M72%
  • Spanish202K10%
  • Hindi92K4%
  • 34K2%
  • French22K1%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
English1,508,94872%
Spanish201,67310%
Hindi91,6444%
34,1922%
French22,4901%

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Ruby is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name286K records spelled Ruby11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Mexico, Colombia

    Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

    Also written Rùbÿ, Rûby, Rubý, Rúby, Rùby

  • Hindi given name120K records spelled Ruby89 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Bangladesh, United States, Poland

    Languages: Hindi, Bangla, Indonesian

    Also written Rubi, রুবি, রুবী, Руби

  • a separate given name40K records spelled Ruby2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Canada

    Also written Rubý

  • Indonesian given name15K records spelled Ruby4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, United States, India

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay, Malagasy

    Also written 'Ruby

  • a separate given name12K records spelled Ruby5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, China, Philippines

    Also written Rūbÿ, Rübÿ, Růby, Rūby

  • Hungarian given name3.4K records spelled Ruby5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary, United States, Finland, United Kingdom

    Languages: Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Rûbÿ, Rüby

60 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Ruby is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In French, De l’anglais ruby, « rubis », du latin rubinus.

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

  • In French, Du nom anglais du rubis, la pierre précieuse; référence à la couleur rouge rubis.

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

  • In English, Latin; precious stone

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  • In Swahili, English jewel name

    as a nameAfrican Muslim Names

  • Precious Stone

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Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

02.5K5K7.5K10K1900195020008.4K · 1924

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Ruby in SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present), United States, 1880–2025
Yearrecords
188092
1881119
1882136
1883163
1884244
1885272
1886301
1887309
1888445
1889522
1890540
1891554
1892695
1893769
1894874
1895954
1896994
18971,025
18981,191
18991,103
19001,540
19011,225
19021,458
19031,538
19041,701
19051,885
19061,962
19072,113
19082,229
19092,524
19102,893
19113,372
19124,452
19134,913
19145,625
19157,237
19167,686
19177,662
19188,134
19198,334
19208,336
19218,333
19228,003
19238,232
19248,406
19257,843
19267,476
19277,264
19286,692
19296,153
19305,993
19315,331
19325,469
19334,944
19344,978
19354,764
19364,226
19374,289
19383,942
19393,712
19403,619
19413,581
19423,519
19433,470
19443,189
19452,904
19463,050
19473,069
19482,894
19492,577
19502,414
19512,351
19522,375
19532,342
19542,143
19552,009
19561,992
19571,783
19581,639
19591,502
19601,386
19611,278
19621,148
19631,383
19641,113
1965984
1966807
1967746
1968639
1969680
1970694
1971731
1972638
1973635
1974601
1975628
1976616
1977601
1978628
1979661
1980659
1981677
1982622
1983591
1984595
1985593
1986558
1987631
1988621
1989765
1990954
19911,004
19921,039
19931,034
19941,031
19951,053
1996985
19971,040
19981,207
19991,209
20001,266
20011,366
20021,579
20031,707
20042,120
20052,472
20062,582
20072,900
20083,021
20093,019
20102,798
20112,770
20122,918
20133,321
20143,430
20153,467
20163,847
20173,587
20183,591
20193,738
20203,342
20213,599
20223,621
20233,364
20243,533
20253,554

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

1900195020002050Barbara Stanwyck, b. 1907Ruby Keeler, b. 1909Nanette Fabray, b. 1920Ruby Dee, b. 1922Neile Adams, b. 1932Ruby Wax, b. 1953Ruby Rose, b. 1986Ruby O. Fee, b. 1996Ruby Jerins, b. 1998Ruby Barnhill, b. 2004
  • Barbara Stanwyckb. 1907USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (1907–1990)
  • Ruby Keelerb. 1909USAmerican actress, dancer, and singer (1910-1993)
  • Nanette Fabrayb. 1920USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress, singer and dancer (1920-2018)
  • Ruby Deeb. 1922USAmerican actress (1922–2014)
  • Neile Adamsb. 1932PHnot in their usual nameFilipino-American actress
  • Ruby Waxb. 1953USAmerican comedian
  • Ruby Roseb. 1986AUAustralian actor, model, DJ, and recording artist
  • Ruby O. Feeb. 1996DEGerman actress
  • Ruby Jerinsb. 1998USAmerican actress
  • Ruby Barnhillb. 2004GBBritish actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Attested in 109 sources across 52 countries.

Official registers attesting Ruby
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020139K#402
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020109.1K#3,904
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020009K#3,646
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020208.7K#3,938
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20253.6K—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)20242K#407
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—1.8K#1,434
EC EcuadorINEC — civil registry names20241.5K#736
GB United KingdomONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024)20241K#41
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—760#1,931
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020669#402
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—632#2,342

Reference works 6

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,449 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Ruby?
We estimate roughly 149 thousand people bear Ruby (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.
In which country does Ruby have the most bearers?
Ruby is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled surabhi.
How common is Ruby compared with other names?
In Ireland, Ruby is the 133rd most common given name of 13,994 given names recorded there.
Is Ruby a male or female name?
Ruby is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What does the name Ruby mean?
Recorded meaning: A clear, deep, red variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ruby” — the 133rd most common given name in Ireland. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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