Feminine dossier · first seen 1884

Rutha

Extinct Near statistical disappearance
Peak era
1925
Peak births
87
Current vitality
Dormant
Peak generation
Greatest Generation

Quick answers about Rutha

How many people are named Rutha?

Based on SSA birth records through 1975, an estimated 549 Americans born with the name Rutha may still be living. No new bearers have been recorded since 1975.

How rare is Rutha?

Rutha has not appeared in SSA records since 1975. It is effectively extinct as a new baby name — no girls received it in the latest available data.

How old is the typical Rutha?

The median age of a living American named Rutha is approximately 74 years, with most bearers falling between 68 and 80 years old.

Is Rutha still popular?

No. Rutha is extinct in new births; the SSA last recorded it in 1975.

Where is Rutha most common?

Rutha has its strongest geographic signal in Mississippi, where it appears 14.7× more often than the national baseline.

1884Peak 19252025
peak 1925 2025 18801900192019401960198020002020
Peak year
1925
Decline from peak
100%
2025
0
All-time
2,799
Where it lives now

Rutha is most concentrated in Mississippi — about 14.7× the national rate in the 1950s.

States where Rutha is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.

Alabama: near or below the national rate AL Alaska: near or below the national rate AK Arizona: near or below the national rate AZ Arkansas: near or below the national rate AR California: near or below the national rate CA Colorado: near or below the national rate CO Connecticut: near or below the national rate CT Delaware: near or below the national rate DE District of Columbia: near or below the national rate DC Florida: near or below the national rate FL Georgia: near or below the national rate GA Hawaii: near or below the national rate HI Idaho: near or below the national rate ID Illinois: near or below the national rate IL Indiana: near or below the national rate IN Iowa: near or below the national rate IA Kansas: near or below the national rate KS Kentucky: near or below the national rate KY Louisiana: near or below the national rate LA Maine: near or below the national rate ME Maryland: near or below the national rate MD Massachusetts: near or below the national rate MA Michigan: near or below the national rate MI Minnesota: near or below the national rate MN Mississippi: 14.7× the national rate MS Missouri: near or below the national rate MO Montana: near or below the national rate MT Nebraska: near or below the national rate NE Nevada: near or below the national rate NV New Hampshire: near or below the national rate NH New Jersey: near or below the national rate NJ New Mexico: near or below the national rate NM New York: near or below the national rate NY North Carolina: near or below the national rate NC North Dakota: near or below the national rate ND Ohio: near or below the national rate OH Oklahoma: near or below the national rate OK Oregon: near or below the national rate OR Pennsylvania: near or below the national rate PA Rhode Island: near or below the national rate RI South Carolina: near or below the national rate SC South Dakota: near or below the national rate SD Tennessee: near or below the national rate TN Texas: near or below the national rate TX Utah: near or below the national rate UT Vermont: near or below the national rate VT Virginia: near or below the national rate VA Washington: near or below the national rate WA West Virginia: near or below the national rate WV Wisconsin: near or below the national rate WI Wyoming: near or below the national rate WY