Ten years ago in 1999 Ruby was sitting at #31.
She jumped from #20 to #12 in 2005.
She made another sizable leap in 2009 going up from #13 to number #2.
In 2009 she fell 81 short of first place but only narrowed topped Olivia to second by one baby.
Globally
In 2008 Ruby was #16 in Australia and #2 in England & Wales.
In 2009 she was #108 in the USA (highest ever is #22 in 1911), #24 in Scotland and #17 in Ireland.
NZ Births
Ruby Jayne
Ruby Leonie
Ruby Jocelyn
(Rubina Elizabeth)
Ruby Kate Leah
Ruby Anahera Nooroa Julia
Ruby Joan
Ruby Belle
Ruby Elizabeth Jane
Ruby Frances
Ruby Maddison
Ruby Suzannah
Ruby Margaret
Ruby Rose
Ruby Georgia
Siblings
Adam,Amy,Amelia, Angus, Anthony, Aston, Bella,Beatrix, Cara, Cayle, Chloe,Emily, Ethan,Eva, Harry, Harrison, Holly, Hunter, Jackson, Jasmine, Jessica, Johnny,Isabel, Liam, Lilla, Lily,Lilli, Leo, Lola, Lucas, Lucy, Maggie, Mae, Matilda, Max, Melody, Mia, Millie, Murphy,Oliver, Oscar,Rosa, Stella, Thomas,Tom, Troy, Tyler, William, Zach.
Telegraph Births
Ruby Catherine
Ruby Elizabeth Grace
Ruby Neva Rose
Ruby Anastasia
Ruby Star
Ruby Martha
Ruby Rhapsody Panda
Ruby Constance
Ruby Anne Mara
Ruby Rosalie
Ruby Ellen
Ruby Valentine
Ruby Mae
Ruby Jasmine
Ruby Juliet
Ruby Willow
Rubina Sienna (Ruby)
Sibling
Arthur, Bertie, Betty, Bo, Cerys, Christabel, Daniel, Ella,Evie,Flora, Florence, Freya, Frederick, Grace, Isaac, Jack, Joe, Kenya, Lily, Louis, Martha, Millie, Mimi, Molly, Reva, Roxana, Samuel, Spencer, Venice, Wilbur, William.
New Zealand Baby Names 
Bewildertrix said,
July 17, 2010 @ 9:19 am
Ruby Rhapsody Panda! I remember her. Her sister is Mimi Magenta Poodle. It’s madness. They either wanted Furbies or teacup show dogs I think. Ruby Star is a little out of place for the Telegraph. Feels a bit chavvy almost.
Back to Ruby. I’ve never been a real fan. It’s sweet I suppose but I don’t like rubies and it always makes me think of a Victorian scullery maid. ApptMtn posted about Judy recently. Dated it may be but I think I prefer that or the similar naturey Ivy. I find both of those much classier and less brash and brassy.
Because of Ruby’s broad spectrum trendy appeal, I’ve seen it with names like Henry and Eloise just as frequently as Jye and Tiarnah. I prefer the former pair, naturally 😛
babynamelover said,
July 17, 2010 @ 9:57 pm
Yes that is her sisters name! 😛 hehe furbies were awesome I remember them! Tea cup show dogs is spot on hehe.
I do like Ruby but the popularity has put me off I didn’t realise how quickly it had climbed! I like Ivy a lot but Judy seems very dated, maybe its not a generation back enough, its in my parents generation rather than my grandparents.
When looking at the Christchurch BA’s I didn’t see to many bogan sibling names I was surprised.
Off topic but a girl I went to school with Opal-Rose has a daughter called Juniper Rose (I think Rose is the middle)
Bewildertrix said,
July 21, 2010 @ 1:45 am
Juniper Rose, wow!
Interestingly, although I’ve seen it quite a few times in the Telegraph BAs over the last few years it doesn’t feature in their most popular baby name list for 2007. Given how phenomenally popular Ruby is (no #1 that year for England/Wales says BTN) I can’t believe it didn’t even rate amongst their readers. I guess it may have taken on a “common” vibe or something stupid like that. Gem/stone type names like Amber and Crystal have that vibe now I guess. Strangely, Lily isn’t their either. It’s such an innocuous floral and a well loved name, I’m surprised. It SHOULD be there.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1574520/William-and-Emily-top-Telegraph-name-charts.html
There’s one at Isla’s kindy. She started on Monday. Ruby’s brother is Jayden. I have no idea how it’s spelt 😛 Just guessing.
And there’s a Naveah too! My first misspelled version. Her brother has a traditional Samoan name and she got this
babynamelover said,
July 21, 2010 @ 5:17 am
Thanks for the link 🙂 very interesting!
Naveah is terrible!
I hear first days went okay? and Ottilie is a beautiful chubba bubba!
Bewildertrix said,
July 17, 2010 @ 9:20 am
Oh and I love Anahera.
babynamelover said,
July 17, 2010 @ 9:57 pm
Me too I tried to get Corie to agree to it in the middle with a family name e.g …. Anahera Margaret Hamilton.
Sophia said,
July 19, 2010 @ 2:51 pm
I hate my life. I just made the longest list of Rubys with middle names and siblings’ names, then my internet stuffed up and it got deleted. COOL.
babynamelover said,
July 20, 2010 @ 7:15 pm
That really sucks!!