Ruan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ruan: Recorded since 1997, its highest recorded position is #200, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
56times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#200highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2337
1998	#1821
2000	#2142
2001	#2587
2002	#3225
2003	#2470
2004	#2578
2005	#2754
2006	#1892
2007	#1440
2008	#1596
2009	#1099
2010	#1620
2011	#1087
2012	#1507
2013	#1404
2014	#1281
2015	#1327
2016	#1431
2017	#1398
2018	#1284
2019	#1587
2020	#1635
2021	#1391
2022	#1268
2023	#1906
2024	#1758

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 27 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

In 2024: #216 among boys in Northern Ireland, #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1758 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1997–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2337 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2012–2024
Highest recorded position: #200 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2023 (recorded 2012–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Ruan appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 27 years beginning in 1997, and has registered 357 births with the name.

Ruan across 3 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.

Ruan'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
England and Wales · Boys	#2337 (1997)	#1087 (2011)	#1758 (2024)	27 of 28	357 (1997–2024)	24 (2011)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#500 (2003)	#283 (2016)	#829 (2025)	19 of 23	123 (2003–2025)	16 (2016)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#311 (2012)	#200 (2023)	#216 (2024)	10 of 13	56 (2012–2024)	10 (2023)

Ruan 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 Ruan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	10	2 of 10	5
2000s	87	10 of 10	9
2010sbusiest	181	10 of 10	18
2020s	79	5 of 10	16

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 18 births a year.

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

Ruan 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 1997 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #200 in Northern Ireland in 2023.

Ruan'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	#1758	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1906	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1268	21	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1391	18	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1635	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1587	15	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1284	20	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1398	18	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1431	18	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1327	19	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1281	20	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1404	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1507	16	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1087	24	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1620	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1099	23	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1596	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1440	15	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1892	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	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	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#216	9	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#200	10	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#433	3	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#304	5	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#250	7	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#421	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#281	6	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#311	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#564	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#435	8	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#374	10	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	16	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#376	10	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#325	13	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#383	10	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#457	7	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#373	10	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#532	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	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 1997 and 2025, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #200, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 24 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 15 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.

Ruairi · #54, 59y
Ruairidh · #56, 24y
Ruari · #205, 38y
Ruaridh · #85, 27y

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.

Khadijah · #200, 29y
Umar · #200, 30y
Reo · #199, 25y
Tiegan · #199, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Jace · #200, 29y
Khadijah · #200, 29y
Umar · #200, 30y
Effie · #201, 30y

Ruan was ranked #200 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2023. 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.

Ruan 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 Ruan without appearing here.

Ruan moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1906 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #5119.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2754 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1892 and #4052.
Shannon Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2578 and #2304 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1892 and #4052.
Kerry Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2578 and #2578 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1440 and #3589.

Moved ahead of Ruan

Ronny Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1821 and #2074 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #2587 and #1467.
Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1268 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1906 and #1363.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1268 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1906 and #1461.
Mathias Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1087 and #1209 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1507 and #1119.

Moved the opposite way to Ruan

Brent Compare
Between 1997 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Ruan went from #2337 to #1268 while Brent went from #725 to #3449.
Tor Compare
Between 1997 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Ruan went from #2337 to #1268 while Tor went from #1578 to #3449.
Alfie Compare
Between 2003 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ruan went from #500 to #829 while Alfie went from #305 to #36.
Arthur Compare
Between 2003 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ruan went from #500 to #829 while Arthur went from #214 to #57.

Moved the same way as Ruan

Aaron Compare
Between 2003 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ruan went from #500 to #829 and Aaron from #13 to #71.
Adam Compare
Between 2003 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ruan went from #500 to #829 and Adam from #3 to #20.
Adrian Compare
Between 2003 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ruan went from #500 to #829 and Adrian from #177 to #348.
Alan Compare
Between 2003 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ruan went from #500 to #829 and Alan from #71 to #232.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 1997 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #200 in Northern Ireland in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ruan

Ruan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ruan across 3 official records

Ruan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ruan appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Ruan and the names beside it

Ruan moved ahead of

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Ruan at a glance

Ruan across 3 official records

Ruan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ruan appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Ruan

Ruan and the names beside it

Ruan moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ruan

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