Ruaridh

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ruaridh: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #85, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#85highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1168
1997	#1113
1998	#1110
2000	#1703
2001	#2587
2002	#1799
2004	#3651
2005	#2418
2006	#3385
2007	#3095
2008	#1953
2009	#2837
2010	#2400
2011	#1788
2012	#1507
2013	#1617
2014	#1630
2015	#2150
2016	#1804
2017	#1247
2018	#1610
2019	#1369
2020	#1379
2021	#1688
2022	#1609
2023	#1533
2024	#1859

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 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #85 among boys in Scotland, #1859 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 #1168 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 #1859 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Ruaridh 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 Ruaridh in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	35	3 of 10	12
2000s	52	9 of 10	6
2010s	141	10 of 10	14
2020sbusiest	76	5 of 10	15

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 15 births a year.

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

Ruaridh 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: #85 in Scotland in 2024.

Ruaridh'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	#1859	13	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1609	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1688	14	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1379	18	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1369	18	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1610	15	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1247	21	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1804	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2150	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1630	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1617	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1507	16	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1788	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2400	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1953	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1799	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1703	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1110	12	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1113	12	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1168	11	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#85	60	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 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #85, first reached in 2024.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 60 births, registered in Scotland in 2024.

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

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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Ruban · #2039, 17y

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.

Iarlaith · #85, 24y
Baby · #93, 29y
Macauley · #95, 29y
Perry · #95, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Iarlaith · #85, 24y
Tyla · #85, 28y
Chester · #84, 29y
Koby · #84, 29y

Ruaridh was ranked #85 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.

Ruaridh 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 Ruaridh without appearing here.

Ruaridh moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1533 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1859 and #5119.
Graeme Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3385 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #2837 and #4527.
Kim Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2837 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2400 and #3865.
Keith Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2150 and #1673 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #1804 and #2804.

Moved ahead of Ruaridh

Hudson Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1799 and #2005 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #3651 and #1160.
Hunter Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1799 and #2254 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #3651 and #1878.
Ronny Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1110 and #2074 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #2587 and #1467.
Theodor Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1703 and #1889 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #2587 and #1746.

Moved the opposite way to Ruaridh

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ruaridh went from #1168 to #1859 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ruaridh went from #1168 to #1859 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ruaridh went from #1168 to #1859 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ruaridh went from #1168 to #1859 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Ruaridh

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ruaridh went from #1168 to #1859 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ruaridh went from #1168 to #1859 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ruaridh went from #1168 to #1859 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ruaridh went from #1168 to #1859 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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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: #85 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ruaridh

Ruaridh at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ruaridh by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Ruaridh by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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