Ruby Forename
1,872nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 534,981 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Samoa
Ruby Forename Definition:
A female name. the name of a precious stone; its use as a christian name is modern (cf. Diamond, Emerald, Pearl, &c.).
Ruby Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 205,456 | 1:1,765 | 357 |
| Philippines | 95% | 92,792 | 1:1,142 | 235 |
| India | 100% | 76,169 | 1:15,950 | 2,241 |
| Colombia | 100% | 34,455 | 1:1,387 | 211 |
| Ghana | 100% | 16,125 | 1:1,674 | 304 |
| England | 100% | 15,174 | 1:3,664 | 465 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 14,755 | 1:10,807 | 1,379 |
| Canada | 100% | 11,019 | 1:3,007 | 563 |
| Egypt | 95% | 8,133 | 1:11,300 | 1,023 |
| Jamaica | - | 5,789 | 1:498 | 102 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4,663 | 1:6,608 | 1,021 |
| Mexico | 99% | 4,397 | 1:28,234 | 1,449 |
| Peru | 96% | 2,987 | 1:10,643 | 1,173 |
| Chile | 99% | 2,872 | 1:6,131 | 578 |
| Indonesia | 53% | 2,564 | 1:100,610 | 11,294 |
| South Africa | 98% | 2,359 | 1:23,117 | 3,069 |
| Australia | - | 2,245 | 1:6,084 | 736 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 2,238 | 1:13,495 | 1,314 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2,074 | 1:8,150 | 1,076 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 1,743 | 1:111,508 | 4,732 |
| China | - | 1,586 | 1:861,321 | 32,350 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1,172 | 1:4,565 | 457 |
| Malaysia | 84% | 1,162 | 1:26,205 | 2,501 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,062 | 1:4,271 | 637 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1,014 | 1:1,818 | 314 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,002 | 1:20,758 | 2,728 |
| Panama | 100% | 910 | 1:4,293 | 770 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 876 | 1:202,699 | 8,758 |
| Samoa | - | 822 | 1:237 | 41 |
| Guatemala | 86% | 733 | 1:21,976 | 1,233 |
| Papua New Guinea | 95% | 731 | 1:11,152 | 1,127 |
| Israel | 53% | 710 | 1:11,835 | 1,388 |
| Wales | 100% | 701 | 1:4,414 | 559 |
| Ecuador | - | 694 | 1:25,543 | 1,319 |
| Qatar | 100% | 680 | 1:3,485 | 532 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 652 | 1:16,260 | 1,304 |
| Hong Kong | - | 625 | 1:12,404 | 1,174 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 573 | 1:2,376 | 457 |
| Kenya | 100% | 550 | 1:84,195 | 4,754 |
| Honduras | 100% | 486 | 1:18,143 | 1,386 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 480 | 1:49,520 | 7,459 |
| Afghanistan | 96% | 479 | 1:68,108 | 2,846 |
| Thailand | 97% | 415 | 1:168,833 | 11,853 |
| Barbados | - | 406 | 1:714 | 165 |
| Brazil | 99% | 401 | 1:534,255 | 17,112 |
| Zimbabwe | 97% | 353 | 1:43,694 | 3,943 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 346 | 1:30,148 | 2,437 |
| Fiji | - | 345 | 1:2,587 | 730 |
| Togo | - | 330 | 1:21,937 | 3,753 |
| Singapore | 100% | 289 | 1:21,755 | 3,636 |
| Nicaragua | 88% | 277 | 1:21,727 | 1,582 |
| Kuwait | - | 266 | 1:14,230 | 1,622 |
| Guyana | 100% | 264 | 1:2,891 | 568 |
| Mauritius | - | 264 | 1:4,916 | 794 |
| Bahamas | - | 235 | 1:1,699 | 397 |
| Germany | 96% | 218 | 1:443,476 | 4,938 |
| Suriname | 100% | 214 | 1:2,583 | 601 |
| Belize | 100% | 208 | 1:1,703 | 384 |
| Bahrain | - | 207 | 1:6,515 | 1,046 |
| Spain | 100% | 203 | 1:229,212 | 4,369 |
| Poland | 72% | 188 | 1:202,272 | 3,614 |
| Sweden | 99% | 187 | 1:52,716 | 2,741 |
| Oman | - | 174 | 1:23,613 | 1,840 |
| Lebanon | 80% | 166 | 1:33,901 | 1,987 |
| Ireland | 100% | 156 | 1:29,766 | 1,215 |
| Vietnam | - | 140 | 1:661,594 | 2,241 |
| Morocco | - | 136 | 1:252,564 | 6,008 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 129 | 1:4,504 | 590 |
| Argentina | 69% | 127 | 1:336,797 | 3,105 |
| France | 100% | 120 | 1:553,920 | 5,686 |
| Japan | - | 119 | 1:1,075,513 | 15,431 |
| Norway | 100% | 110 | 1:46,658 | 1,978 |
| El Salvador | - | 97 | 1:65,379 | 1,790 |
| Iraq | 100% | 87 | 1:402,504 | 4,983 |
| Denmark | - | 86 | 1:65,692 | 2,258 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 78 | 1:1,407 | 291 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 76 | 1:1,308 | 280 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 70 | 1:1,594 | 296 |
| Guam | - | 66 | 1:2,434 | 508 |
| Italy | 75% | 64 | 1:954,095 | 8,381 |
| Marshall Islands | 98% | 64 | 1:800 | 81 |
| Costa Rica | 95% | 62 | 1:76,902 | 2,799 |
| Malta | - | 62 | 1:6,925 | 809 |
| Russia | 89% | 61 | 1:2,364,487 | 15,042 |
| Liberia | 91% | 59 | 1:74,781 | 3,517 |
| Botswana | 100% | 58 | 1:37,663 | 3,938 |
| Jordan | 94% | 57 | 1:154,856 | 2,410 |
| Zambia | - | 55 | 1:288,269 | 8,587 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 54 | 1:65,746 | 1,583 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 51 | 1:140,235 | 9,537 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 50 | 1:1,226 | 278 |
| Grenada | 100% | 48 | 1:2,253 | 472 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 48 | 1:71,409 | 2,188 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 45 | 1:54,639 | 2,152 |
| Nepal | - | 44 | 1:647,440 | 16,917 |
| Belgium | 97% | 43 | 1:267,210 | 5,706 |
| Bermuda | - | 43 | 1:1,508 | 344 |
| Haiti | - | 42 | 1:255,404 | 10,960 |
| Seychelles | - | 39 | 1:2,376 | 540 |
| Aruba | - | 38 | 1:2,731 | 559 |
| Switzerland | 93% | 38 | 1:216,145 | 4,885 |
| Portugal | - | 37 | 1:281,375 | 5,179 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 34 | 1:1,614 | 377 |
| Jersey | - | 29 | 1:3,448 | 479 |
| Iran | - | 27 | 1:2,907,291 | 14,861 |
| Czechia | 72% | 26 | 1:409,852 | 2,291 |
| Nauru | 100% | 26 | 1:459 | 50 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 23 | 1:2,377 | 477 |
| Saint Lucia | 94% | 22 | 1:8,082 | 1,192 |
| Finland | 86% | 18 | 1:304,621 | 4,354 |
| Iceland | 100% | 17 | 1:21,530 | 1,463 |
| South Korea | - | 17 | 1:326,142 | 10,022 |
| Macau | - | 16 | 1:38,013 | 487 |
| Mozambique | - | 16 | 1:1,702,710 | 1,919 |
| Greece | 100% | 15 | 1:728,970 | 8,230 |
| Palestine | 56% | 15 | 1:303,337 | 2,721 |
| Uganda | 83% | 13 | 1:3,150,532 | 34,391 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 12 | 1:2,892 | 588 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 11 | 1:2,841 | 595 |
| Cambodia | 80% | 11 | 1:1,479,394 | 19,817 |
| Cameroon | - | 11 | 1:1,964,591 | 42,624 |
| Kazakhstan | 67% | 10 | 1:1,774,684 | 14,586 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| Tonga | - | 9 | 1:11,937 | 236 |
| Vanuatu | - | 9 | 1:29,088 | 709 |
| Curaçao | - | 8 | 1:19,475 | 726 |
| Dominica | - | 8 | 1:9,434 | 375 |
| Syria | - | 7 | 1:2,758,011 | 4,869 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 7 | 1:7,541,188 | 37,665 |
| Algeria | - | 6 | 1:6,362,787 | 10,855 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 6 | 1:2,209 | 418 |
| Cuba | - | 6 | 1:1,917,759 | 4,898 |
| Armenia | 100% | 5 | 1:583,751 | 6,330 |
| Benin | - | 5 | 1:2,115,169 | 40,564 |
| Congo | 100% | 5 | 1:1,001,841 | 16,039 |
| Namibia | - | 5 | 1:480,836 | 6,391 |
| Paraguay | 80% | 5 | 1:1,447,361 | 8,023 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Belarus | 80% | 4 | 1:2,370,596 | 9,928 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 4 | 1:18,456,901 | 95,891 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Malawi | - | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Mongolia | 100% | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Austria | 100% | 2 | 1:4,257,100 | 13,469 |
| Bhutan | - | 2 | 1:412,464 | 4,948 |
| Cyprus | - | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:24,564 | 1,836 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Serbia | - | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Brunei | 100% | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Croatia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Turkey | 100% | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Rúby (2) are calculated separately.
Ruby (29,241) may also be a surname.
Ruby Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. the name of a precious stone; its use as a christian name is modern (cf. Diamond, Emerald, Pearl, &c.).
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Generally said to be a contraction of Robina (q. v.), it may, nevertheless, be a ‘jewel-name’ like Beryl and Pearl. It has, in the main, failed to attract the upper classes.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Teutonic name, meaning: A gem ranking the diamond in value. Curiously, its name is said to have been derived from Rupert, meaning bright fame.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Ruby Forename Popularity
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Sample size: 38,630 (2014)
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