girl's name

Rubby

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 470

Rubby is a girl's name. In 2010 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1925, when 11 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1910.

Rubby over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2010, not a full ten years.

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Births named Rubby by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 42
1920s 84
1930s 78
1940s 54
1950s 16
1960s 5
1970s 5
1980s 11
1990s 33
2000s 30
2010s (to 2010) 7

How popular is Rubby?

In 2010, Rubby was given to 7 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Rubby is used

France #6,453 5 in 2025
United States #14,165 7 in 2010

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Rubby

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Rubby also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Rubby over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Rubby

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Rubby — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Rubby

How popular is the name Rubby?

In 2010, Rubby was given to 7 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Rubby a girl's or a boy's name?

Rubby is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Rubby most popular?

Rubby peaked in 1925, when 11 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.

Is Rubby a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Rubby currently ranks #6,453 in the United States. It has largely dropped out of use. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.