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How popular is the name Ruby-May?

Births per year, rank history and how many Ruby-Mays are alive today.

Ruby-May (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Ruby-Mae in England and Wales, ranked 4201st in 2025 and given to 5 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2012, when 55 babies were given the name, the 731st most popular that year. It has declined since 2012; the 2025 figure is roughly 9% of its peak.

Across all spellings of the name, the Ruby-Mae you are most likely to meet is around 14 years old. Half of all Ruby-Maes born in England and Wales are between 10 and 17, and there are at least 1,500 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Ruby-Mae - on average, only one in every 210 such rooms contains a Ruby-Mae.

How many babies are named Ruby-May each year?

Includes all spellings: Ruby-May, Ruby-Mae. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

050100200020201996: 31997: 51998: 61999: 42000: 32003: 52004: 152005: 272006: 482007: 742008: 892009: 1032010: 932011: 1322012: 1412013: 1242014: 1012015: 952016: 742017: 482018: 522019: 502020: 622021: 442022: 292023: 252024: 292025: 27actual

Where does the Ruby-May spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201998: ranked 3,8482000: ranked 3,9122004: ranked 2,8022005: ranked 2,2472006: ranked 1,2432007: ranked 8362008: ranked 7532009: ranked 6792010: ranked 7192011: ranked 7142012: ranked 7312013: ranked 7722014: ranked 8902015: ranked 1,0072016: ranked 1,4722017: ranked 1,5682018: ranked 1,2722019: ranked 2,0402020: ranked 1,8462021: ranked 2,3412022: ranked 1,8492023: ranked 2,9282024: ranked 2,7722025: ranked 4,201

Where does the Ruby-Mae spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 3,7951997: ranked 2,7381998: ranked 3,8481999: ranked 3,2252003: ranked 3,0992004: ranked 2,1122005: ranked 1,2952006: ranked 1,0312007: ranked 8662008: ranked 7902009: ranked 7382010: ranked 8402011: ranked 5342012: ranked 5042013: ranked 5542014: ranked 6682015: ranked 6742016: ranked 7572017: ranked 1,2192018: ranked 1,2722019: ranked 9552020: ranked 7712021: ranked 1,0392022: ranked 1,9482023: ranked 1,7052024: ranked 1,5412025: ranked 1,407

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Ruby-May per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 141 in 2012
Ruby-May: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Ruby-May most popular?

The most popular form of the name, Ruby-Mae, peaked in 2012, when 141 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Ruby-May spelling itself peaked in 2012, with 55 babies.

How many people are called Ruby-May?

At least 1,500 people named Ruby-May in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Ruby-May?

Most living Ruby-Mays are between 10 and 17; the most common age is about 14.

Is Ruby-May becoming more or less popular?

Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2012 peak.






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