Ruby was the 123rd most common given name among people in the file born in 1893 — 1,714 carried it. Across all birth years, 201,183 people in the file carry the name; the largest birth cohort of Rubys was 1912.
Living to 71
Ruby lived to 71. Among the 1,054,613 people in the file born in 1893, half lived past 82 and one in four reached 88; the longest-lived made it to 117. Only deaths reported to Social Security between 1936 and 2011 appear in the file, so members of this cohort who died young are not counted — these are the lifespans of its survivors.
2 people with this surname appear in the file. More Eileross deaths in the file fall in the 1960s than in any other decade; Washington holds the largest share of last residences.