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Baby name
Ruby
Girl
Origin of the name
Ruby comes from the name of the red gemstone, from the Latin ruber, “red.”
Classic name
376,570births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 26rank at its peak, in 1924
Where babies named Ruby are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Ruby is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Ruby is most common in Arkansas (3.3 times), Mississippi (3.2) and Alabama (2.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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