Is Ruffin a boy or girl name?

Ruffin is a boy’s name. Of the 560 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Ruffin

Recorded 1886–2024 · United States

Ruffin was most popular in 1916, when 19 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,275 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 560 people named Ruffin.

Ruffin over time

Births per year. The dot marks Ruffin’s peak in 1916. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Ruffin a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Ruffin is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 560 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Ruffin

Where Ruffin is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

North Carolina 21.3×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org