girl's name

Ruby-Mae

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Popularity Top 1000 (E&W)
  • Births on record 954

Scotland

#797

2024 births

Ruby-Mae is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 22 babies in England and Wales. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

  • Peaked in England and Wales in 2012, when 86 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade in England and Wales.
  • Today about 1 in 23,952 babies in England and Wales is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1996.

Ruby-Mae over time

Births per decade in England and Wales, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Ruby-Mae by decade in England and Wales
Decade Births
1990s 15
2000s 187
2010s 542
2020s (to 2025) 153

How popular is Ruby-Mae?

In 2025, Ruby-Mae was given to 22 babies in England and Wales. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Where Ruby-Mae is used

Scotland #797 3 in 2024
Ireland #839 3 in 2020
England & Wales #1,413 22 in 2025
United States as Rubymae #15,028 6 in 2023

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.

Figures for England and Wales withhold any name given to fewer than three babies in a year, so a gap means the name fell below that floor rather than went unused. Data & sources.

How Ruby-Mae is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Rubymae Rubymae is Ruby-Mae written as one word, used in the United States, where it ranks #15,028. 42

Names that peaked alongside Ruby-Mae

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

Parents who like Ruby-Mae also like

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

Sibling names for Ruby-Mae

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

Common questions about Ruby-Mae

How popular is the name Ruby-Mae?

In 2025, Ruby-Mae was given to 22 babies in England and Wales. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Is Ruby-Mae a girl's or a boy's name?

Ruby-Mae is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Ruby-Mae most popular?

Ruby-Mae peaked in 2012, when 86 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Ruby-Mae a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Ruby-Mae currently ranks #797 in England and Wales. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.