Ruby: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced ROO-bee · 2 syllables

Ruby means “the red gemstone”, from English.

The female name derives from ruby in the 19th century. The programming language was named after the gemstone.

How popular is Ruby?

Ruby was the #64 name in the US in 2025, given to 3,569 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 1900.

Babies named Ruby in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1900).

Half of US adults named Ruby are older than 56; most are between 19 and 90. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Ruby have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Ruby means “the red gemstone”. It comes from English.

Ruby is pronounced ROO-bee.

Ruby was the #64 name in the US in 2025, given to 3,569 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 1900.

Half of US adults named Ruby are older than 56. Most are between 19 and 90.