Girl name#1,712 of girl names
Ruthann
Pronounced R UW2 TH AE1 N (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1943
- 119 years in use
How popular is Ruthann?
Ruthann is a girls' name, and first appears in 1906. It has been given to 7,071 children — the 1,712th most common girls' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 264 births across the past decade, against a peak of 258 in a single year. That peak was in 1943.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- R UW2 TH AE1 N
- Stress pattern:
- 21
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Ruthann
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Ruthann
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Ruthann?
- Ruthann ranks 1,712th among girls' names in US records, with 7,071 births since 1906. Over the past decade it accounts for 264.
- Is Ruthann a unisex name?
- No. Ruthann is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Ruthann most popular?
- 1943, when 258 children were given the name. It has been in use for 119 years and is still recorded as of 2024.