Ruby

Girl name

Ruby ranks #20 out of 53,930 dog names in our data (the #1 name is Bella). Across all 12 places, 2,074 licensed dogs carry the name. It's also a cat name: #78 for cats.

Ruby's popularity trend

Ruby's share of Allegheny County's licensed dogs, year by year — the place with the fullest records for this name. Share (its per-100k slice of that year's dogs) is the only figure comparable across years, since each year's counted population differs. Peak year by share: 2025.

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Year	Share
2025	0.39%
2024	0.38%
2023	0.38%
2022	0.35%
2021	0.34%
2020	0.31%
2019	0.31%
2018	0.33%
2017	0.31%
2016	0.3%
2015	0.29%
2014	0.28%
2013	0.28%
2012	0.27%
2011	0.25%
2010	0.23%
2009	0.22%
2008	0.21%
2007	0.2%

Licensed dogs in our data

2,074

across 12 places

Popularity rank

#20

of 53,930 names in our data

5-year rank move

+12

2020 → 2025

Gender split

98% girls

98% girls2% boys

Where Ruby shows up

Ruby's share of each place's counted dogs. Places count differently — hover a Share figure for the basis. Click a heading to sort.


BurnsideAustralia	1.1%
TorontoCanada	1.0%
Port Adelaide EnfieldAustralia	0.9%
PlayfordAustralia	0.9%
AdelaideAustralia	0.9%
SeattleUnited States of America	0.5%
Allegheny CountyUnited States of America	0.4%
New York CityUnited States of America	0.3%
WorcesterUnited States of America	0.3%
CambridgeUnited States of America	0.3%
ZürichSwitzerland	0.2%
Basel-StadtSwitzerland	0.1%

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