Ruth

Girl name

Ruth ranks #3,094 out of 10,880 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 2 places, 2 licensed cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #1,005 for dogs.

Share of cats named Ruth, by year

Ruth's slice of each year's named cats. Shares, not raw counts, so a changing licensed population can't fake a trend.

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Year	Share
2017	0.008%
2016	0.013%
2015	0.004%
2014	0.004%
2013	0.004%

Licensed cats in our data

across 2 places

Popularity rank

#3,094

of 10,880 names in our data

5-year rank move

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2014 → 2019

Gender lean

100% female

of 12 shelter cats

Gender lean is from named cats in US shelters — most license records don't publish a cat's gender, so shelters are the one place our data can measure it.

Where Ruth shows up

Licensed cats named Ruth per place, against that place's counted total. The basis column says what each number means.

Place	Share	Basis
Seattle WA, US	0.02%	current licenses

Cat names like Ruth

Ruthie