Baby name
REVIVING
🇦🇷 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 Ruth
/rooth/
Meaning
“Companion and friend”
From Hebrew 'Rut' meaning companion and friend, Biblical name borne by Ruth the Moabite matriarch.
Nicknames
rue · ruthie
Vibe
playful
How it ages.
Ruth has declined from mid-20th century baseline but maintains modest presence, experiencing retro-revival.
The cultural moment.
North America showed Ruth in solid baseline through mid-20th century, declined from 1980 onward, now slowly reviving with vintage name trends.