Raluca

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Raluca: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Raluca: Recorded since 2008, it reached #660 in 2013, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
17years from first to last
#660highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2008–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2008	#3005
2010	#4688
2011	#4764
2012	#3285
2013	#4739
2014	#5691
2015	#4103
2016	#2757
2017	#4063
2018	#1887
2019	#3151
2020	#2615
2021	#3192
2022	#3970
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 15 of the 17 years from 2008 to 2024.

In 2013: #660 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4739 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2008–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2008
First recorded at #3005 among girls in England and Wales in 2008 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Raluca by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Raluca in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	7	1 of 10	7
2010sbusiest	63	10 of 10	6
2020s	24	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Raluca appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2008 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #660 in Republic of Ireland in 2013.

Raluca's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3192	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1887	15	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2008 and 2024, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #660, first reached in 2013.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2013, and 5 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Nicolae · #660, 15y
Annaleigh · #661, 19y
Barbora · #661, 17y
Kahlan · #663, 13y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Afonso · #660, 21y
Mia-Lily · #660, 9y
Nicolae · #660, 15y
Rahaf · #660, 22y

Raluca was ranked #660 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2013. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Raluca and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Raluca without appearing here.

Raluca moved ahead of

Tyler Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4063 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1887 and #3518.
Tracey Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4764 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3285 and #4838.
Finlay Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3005 and #3005 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #4688 and #5707.
Kristin Compare
In 2014 they stood at #5691 and #4003 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4103 and #4736.

Moved ahead of Raluca

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4739 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #1628.
Shea Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3970 and #4645 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3015.
Freddie Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3192 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3318.
Cecilie Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3970 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3695.

Moved the opposite way to Raluca

Ada Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raluca went from #3005 to #5891 while Ada went from #699 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raluca went from #3005 to #5891 while Alma went from #1247 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raluca went from #3005 to #5891 while Amelia went from #9 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raluca went from #3005 to #5891 while Aria went from #1135 to #35.

Moved the same way as Raluca

Abigail Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raluca went from #3005 to #5891 and Abigail from #29 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raluca went from #3005 to #5891 and Aimee from #86 to #1603.
Alex Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raluca went from #3005 to #5891 and Alex from #397 to #2253.
Alexandra Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Raluca went from #3005 to #5891 and Alexandra from #90 to #215.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2008 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #660 in Republic of Ireland in 2013. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Raluca

Raluca at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Raluca by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Raluca at a glance

Raluca by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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