US births per decade — source: Social Security Administration
Ruby is predominantly a female name in the United States, and has declined in use since the 1950s. There are approximately 120,000 people named Ruby in the US today.
The name Ruby's root letters are RB.
The letter B’s bullish and booming resonance tends to infuse a sense of brashness and belligerence into words in which it appears. Its low frequency tones are responsible for the words bash, beat, break, battle, burly, and beast, and when it occurs in words initialized by the racy, raunchy and randy letter R, it takes on the brazen qualities found in the words rebel, rugby, rabidly, rebuke, rebuff, and ribald. These are people with a strong sense of self who show little interest in taking advice when it comes to forging their life paths.
Even though Rubys have a firm grip on their own reins, they’ll willingly submit to constraints in the workplace. One reason for accepting this trade-off is that money plays a big role in their lives and they are willing to swallow their pride if it helps them to succeed. It's also not unusual for Rubys to move from place to place just to test whether the grass really is greener on the other side. So if you want your RB employee to stay put, make sure you offer them jobs with a great deal of upward mobility and a generous amount of green.
Rubys are ideally suited for careers that involve travel, sales, or outdoor work, but many Rubys find success as small business owners or executives.Above all, Rubys are restless people who enjoy testing their capabilities in various arenas and will tackle the most demanding jobs with nary a second thought. With their zeal and sense of purpose, Rubys are amongst the highest earners in the R name category.
Rubys are connoisseurs of the finer things in life but -- although they appreciate art in all its forms – are not the types to get their hands dirty in their creative pursuits: the concrete-minded Rubys would rather buy artwork from people who know what they’re doing. Likewise, Rubys are picky about with whom they socialize and they measure people against the same high standards that they apply to themselves.
