UK girl's name
Ruby-Mae
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2024. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Ruby-Mae is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Ruby-Mae popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #1541, with 20 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2012, with 86 births.
This profile covers 875 England and Wales registrations across 26 recorded years from 1996 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 23% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 877 living people in the UK are called Ruby-Mae. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2025 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Ruby-Mae ranked #1541 for girls in England and Wales in 2024, with 20 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2012, when 86 girls were registered as Ruby-Mae.
- • Ruby-Mae ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #790 in 2024.
- • About 877 living people in the UK are estimated to have Ruby-Mae as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#1541
2024
Births in 2024
20
Latest year
Peak year
2012
86 births
Estimated living
877
2026
Popularity
Ruby-Mae over time
The chart below shows babies named Ruby-Mae registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2024. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Ruby-Mae, the clearest high point is 2012. The latest England and Wales figure is 20 births in 2024, compared with 86 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Ruby-Mae by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Ruby-Mae was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #1401 | 131 | 5 |
| 2010s | #798 | 542 | 10 |
| 2000s | #1419 | 187 | 7 |
| 1990s | #3402 | 15 | 4 |
Geography
Where Ruby-Mae is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Ruby-Mae. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Ruby-Mae ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #790 in 2024.
Across the UK
Ruby-Mae in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#790 in 2024
2 years of NRS records, 6 total registered
Related
Names similar to Ruby-Mae
- Ruby 60,551
- Rebecca 45,764
- Rosie 35,558
- Rachel 19,034
- Rose 18,043
- Robyn 14,556
- Rosa 6,236
- Rhiannon 6,180
- Rachael 4,702
- Rebekah 4,395
- Rhianna 4,177
- Ruth 4,118
FAQ
Ruby-Mae: questions and answers
How popular is the name Ruby-Mae in the UK right now?
In 2024, Ruby-Mae was ranked #1541 for girls in England and Wales, with 20 births registered.
When was Ruby-Mae most popular?
The peak year on record was 2012, with 86 babies registered as Ruby-Mae in England and Wales.
How many people are called Ruby-Mae in the UK?
A total of 875 babies have been registered as Ruby-Mae across the 26 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 6 more in Scotland.
Where is Ruby-Mae most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Ruby-Mae ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #790 in 2024. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.