Ruby was the 64th most common given name among people in the file born in 1908 — 5,353 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 84
Ruby lived to 84. Among the 1,851,757 people in the file born in 1908, half lived past 79 and one in four reached 87; the longest-lived made it to 103. 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 Euime deaths in the file fall in the 1950s than in any other decade; California holds the largest share of last residences.