Rua

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

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

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

Rua: Recorded since 2008, its highest recorded position is #192, and it stood at #329 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
39times a registrar ranked it
18years from first to last
#192highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2015–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2015	#5730
2019	#5591
2021	#4634
2022	#5669
2023	#2504
2024	#2574

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 15 of the 18 years from 2008 to 2025.

In 2024: #192 among girls in Northern Ireland, #342 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2574 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 2008–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2008
First recorded at #698 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 2008 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded2010–2024
Highest recorded position: #192 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2024 (recorded 2010–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #443 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Rua appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 15 years beginning in 2008, and has registered 151 births with the name.

Rua across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Rua's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#698 (2008)	#257 (2021)	#329 (2025)	15 of 18	151 (2008–2025)	18 (2021)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#430 (2010)	#192 (2024)	#192 (2024)	9 of 15	49 (2010–2024)	9 (2024)
England and Wales · Girls	#5730 (2015)	#2504 (2023)	#2574 (2024)	6 of 10	33 (2015–2024)	10 (2023)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#734 (2018)	#342 (2024)	#443 (2025)	6 of 8	41 (2018–2025)	11 (2022)
England and Wales · Boys	#3449 (2022)	#3449 (2022)	#5119 (2024)	2 of 3	8 (2022–2024)	5 (2022)

Rua by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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 Rua in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	11	2 of 10	6
2010s	59	7 of 10	8
2020sbusiest	81	6 of 10	14

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 14 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Rua 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 3 regions, from 2008 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #192 in Northern Ireland in 2024.

Rua'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	#2574	10	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2504	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#192	9	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#237	7	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#232	8	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#266	6	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#266	6	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#246	6	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#336	4	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#296	5	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#451	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#430	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	8	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#329	12	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#342	11	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	13	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#357	11	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#262	18	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#257	18	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	13	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#716	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	13	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#401	9	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#356	11	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#372	10	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#503	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#609	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#479	6	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#404	8	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 3 registrars between 2008 and 2025, ranked in 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #192, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2021.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2010, and 7 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 3 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.

Croiadh · #192, 12y
Eire · #192, 21y
Keri · #191, 20y
Rome · #191, 22y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Alora · #192, 16y
Matei · #193, 21y
Ariya · #190, 22y
Arla · #196, 18y

Rua was ranked #192 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2024. 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.

Rua 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 Rua without appearing here.

Rua moved ahead of

Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2504 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2574 and #5891.
Donna Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2504 and #5687.
Shea Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5669 and #4645 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2504 and #5687.
Tracy Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5669 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2504 and #5687.

Moved ahead of Rua

Carter Compare
In 2012 they stood at #404 and #604 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2013 that had become #479 and #202.
Beau Compare
In 2017 they stood at #356 and #418 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #401 and #239.
Arlo Compare
In 2012 they stood at #404 and #472 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2013 that had become #479 and #352.
Hudson Compare
In 2016 they stood at #372 and #601 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2017 that had become #356 and #317.

Moved the opposite way to Rua

Aaron Compare
Between 2008 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Rua went from #698 to #329 while Aaron went from #12 to #71.
Adam Compare
Between 2008 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Rua went from #698 to #329 while Adam went from #7 to #20.
Adrian Compare
Between 2008 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Rua went from #698 to #329 while Adrian went from #141 to #348.
Alan Compare
Between 2008 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Rua went from #698 to #329 while Alan went from #73 to #232.

Moved the same way as Rua

Alfie Compare
Between 2008 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Rua went from #698 to #329 and Alfie from #146 to #36.
Archie Compare
Between 2008 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Rua went from #698 to #329 and Archie from #252 to #46.
Arthur Compare
Between 2008 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Rua went from #698 to #329 and Arthur from #219 to #57.
Brodie Compare
Between 2008 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Rua went from #698 to #329 and Brodie from #529 to #223.

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 3 regions, from 2008 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #192 in Northern Ireland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rua

Rua at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rua across 5 official records

Rua by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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Rua at a glance

Rua across 5 official records

Rua by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Rua appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Rua

Rua and the names beside it

Rua moved ahead of

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