Ruby
Featured in baby name books
Ruby is a gem name from the Latin for “red,” referring to the precious red stone. One of the first jewel names after the Civil War, Ruby was hot in the 1910s, faded, and is now back, ranking second in the U.K. in 2008. The Bible calls wisdom and a virtuous wife more precious than rubies, giving the name a sense of being treasured. A namesake is Ruby Bridges, who in 1960 passed a deliberately hard test to integrate an all-white New Orleans school.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Classic Biblical Baby Names, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Unusual Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Badass Baby Names
Book links are affiliate links; we may earn a commission on purchases.
Usage of Ruby in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Ruby against each list of names.
❌
Albanian
❌
Arabic
❌
Armenian
✅
Bengali
❌
Bulgarian
❌
Catalan
❌
Chinese
❌
Cornish
❌
Croatian
❌
Czech
❌
Danish
❌
Dothraki
❌
Dutch
✅
English
❌
Estonian
✅
Filipino
❌
Finnish
❌
French
❌
Georgian
❌
German
❌
Greek
❌
Hawaiian
❌
Hebrew
❌
Hindi
❌
Hungarian
❌
Icelandic
❌
Indonesian
❌
Irish
❌
Italian
❌
Japanese
❌
Khmer
❌
Klingon
❌
Korean
❌
Latin
❌
Latvian
❌
Lithuanian
❌
Macedonian
❌
Norwegian
❌
Persian
❌
Polish
❌
Portuguese
❌
Romanian
❌
Russian
❌
Scottish
❌
Serbian
❌
Slovak
❌
Slovenian
❌
Spanish
❌
Swahili
❌
Swedish
❌
Telugu
❌
Thai
❌
Turkish
❌
Ukrainian
❌
Vietnamese
❌
Welsh
❌
Yiddish
❌
Yoruba
Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Ruby is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Ruby in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 3,554 girls were named Ruby, making it the #64 girls' name in the US. Since 1880, 376,570 girls have been named Ruby, with the most (8,406) in 1924. It is most common, relative to births, in Vermont, Wyoming and Rhode Island.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Storms named Ruby
Tropical storms, hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones that have been named Ruby, newest first.
| Storm | Year | Ocean | Peak wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cyclone Ruby (Category 1) | 2022 | South Pacific | 130 km/h |
| Typhoon Ruby (Category 4) | 1988 | Western Pacific | 232 km/h |
| Tropical storm Ruby | 1985 | Western Pacific | 102 km/h |
| Typhoon Ruby (Category 1) | 1982 | Western Pacific | 139 km/h |
| Typhoon Ruby (Category 4) | 1976 | Western Pacific | 222 km/h |
| Hurricane Ruby (Category 3) | 1972 | Eastern Pacific | 204 km/h |
| Tropical storm Ruby | 1970 | Western Pacific | 102 km/h |
| Tropical storm Ruby | 1967 | Western Pacific | 74 km/h |
| Typhoon Ruby (Category 4) | 1964 | Western Pacific | 222 km/h |
| Tropical storm Ruby | 1961 | Western Pacific | – |
…and 3 earlier storms.
Source: IBTrACS, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Peak wind is the highest sustained wind recorded for the storm.
Towns named Ruby
There are 42 towns and villages with Ruby in their name, in 11 countries.
🇺🇸 United States 28🇨🇦 Canada 4🇦🇺 Australia 2🇧🇧 Barbados 1🇨🇴 Colombia 1🇬🇾 Guyana 1🇭🇹 Haiti 1🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 1
| Name | Where | Population | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruby | South Carolina, 🇺🇸 United States | 351 | Map |
| Ruby | Victoria, 🇦🇺 Australia | 170 | Map |
| Ruby | Alaska, 🇺🇸 United States | 165 | Map |
| Ruby Creek | New South Wales, 🇦🇺 Australia | 74 | Map |
| Camp Ruby | Texas, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Nan Ruby | Grand'Anse, 🇭🇹 Haiti | – | Map |
| Ruby | Saint Philip, 🇧🇧 Barbados | – | Map |
| Ruby | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | – | Map |
| Ruby | Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, 🇬🇾 Guyana | – | Map |
| Ruby | Soufrière, 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Ruby
There are 67 lakes and reservoirs with Ruby in their name, in 4 countries.
🇺🇸 United States 42🇨🇦 Canada 22🇳🇿 New Zealand 2🇦🇺 Australia 1
| Name | Where | |
|---|---|---|
| Lac Ruby | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Ruby | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Ruby | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Ruby | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lake Ruby | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | Map |
| Lake Ruby | Florida, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Lake Ruby | Florida, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Lake Ruby | Florida, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Lake Ruby | Georgia, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Lake Ruby | Colorado, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Ruby songs
4 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Ruby in their title. The best known:
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Ruby
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Ruby.
Ruby Bridges
Ruby Dandridge
Ruby Dee
Ruby Fox
See more...
Fictional characters named Ruby
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Ruby as a pet name
FurryName has found 6,768 dogs named Ruby in public pet registers, making it the #13 dog name there. Most of them are registered in South Australia (3183), Surf Coast Shire (66), Corangamite Shire (48). Ruby as a dog name →
FurryName has found 325 cats named Ruby in public pet registers, making it the #72 cat name there. Most of them are registered in Corangamite Shire (4), Golden Plains Shire (4), Surf Coast Shire (3). Ruby as a cat name →
Ruby products
☕
Ruby name mug
🥤
Ruby tumbler
🧢
Ruby cap
👕
Ruby t-shirt
📿
Ruby necklace
💫
Ruby bracelet
🔑
Ruby keychain
🎄
Ruby ornament
🧸
Ruby baby blanket
🧩
Ruby name puzzle
🖼️
Ruby wall sign
🛏️
Ruby pillow
Product links are Amazon affiliate links; we may earn a commission on purchases.