Ruairidh

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ruairidh: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #56, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#56highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#976
1997	#1761
1998	#1485
1999	#2097
2000	#2142
2001	#1595
2002	#1651
2003	#2470
2004	#2578
2010	#3865
2011	#3300
2012	#4805
2013	#2660
2014	#2964
2015	#3908
2016	#3478
2017	#2172
2018	#2259
2019	#1655
2020	#2960
2021	#2493
2022	#3048
2023	#2160
2024	#1951

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 24 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #56 among boys in Scotland, #1951 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #976 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1951 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Ruairidh by decade in England and Wales · 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 Ruairidh in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	33	4 of 10	8
2000s	31	5 of 10	6
2010s	67	10 of 10	7
2020sbusiest	42	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

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

Ruairidh 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #56 in Scotland in 2024.

Ruairidh'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	male	#1951	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2160	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1655	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2259	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2172	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1651	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1595	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1485	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#976	14	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#56	84	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #56, first reached in 2024.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 84 births, registered in Scotland in 2024.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 28 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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Ruari · #205, 38y

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.

Peta · #59, 27y
Mio · #64, 22y
Alyce · #65, 23y
Brock · #69, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Ebony · #56, 32y
Lainey · #56, 29y
Abby · #55, 33y
Aoibhe · #55, 31y

Ruairidh was ranked #56 in Scotland · Boys 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.

Ruairidh 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 Ruairidh without appearing here.

Ruairidh moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2160 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #5119.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2160 and #4991.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2160 and #4107.
Daithi Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3478 and #3079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2172 and #3996.

Moved ahead of Ruairidh

Cillian Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2578 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #3865 and #758.
Leif Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1655 and #2104 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2960 and #1548.
Hudson Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1651 and #2005 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #2470 and #1092.
Kasper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2470 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #2578 and #1347.

Moved the opposite way to Ruairidh

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ruairidh went from #976 to #1951 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ruairidh went from #976 to #1951 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ruairidh went from #976 to #1951 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ruairidh went from #976 to #1951 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Ruairidh

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ruairidh went from #976 to #1951 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ruairidh went from #976 to #1951 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ruairidh went from #976 to #1951 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ruairidh went from #976 to #1951 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #56 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ruairidh

Ruairidh at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ruairidh by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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