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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: rising fast

RubyIn Hebrew: רובי · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Ruby (Hebrew: רובי) is a girl's name of international origin. 884 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 41 girls and ranked #324. Its peak year was 2024, with 49 babies.

People in Israel
884
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
41
rank #324
Peak year
2024
49 babies
USA, 2025
3,554
rank #64

Writing and saying Ruby

In Hebrew letters the name is רובי, read right to left. Ruby is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Ruby by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Ruby: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Ruby in English-speaking countries

Ruby in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20253,554#641924 (8,406)
United Kingdom20251,202#382007 (5,283)
England and Wales20251,032#382007 (4,986)
Scotland2025115#302011 (216)
Northern Ireland202555#232011 (143)
Ireland2025119#372009 (353)
British Columbia202351#402019 (64)
Alberta202532#1212014 (65)
Quebec202530#1912021 (48)
New South Wales2025177#282010 (600)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Ruby has every year and the other spellings.

Questions about Ruby

How do you write Ruby in Hebrew?

Ruby is written רובי in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Ruby?

884 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name רובי: 495 women and 389 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Ruby a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 56.0% of the people named רובי are women.

Is Ruby used outside Israel?

The name Ruby appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 3,554 girls were given it in 2025 (#64), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 1,202 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.