Rubi

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Rubi: Recorded since 1996, it reached #426 in 2015, and it stood at #3,015 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#426highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1999	#3225
2001	#3262
2002	#2540
2003	#1843
2004	#2112
2005	#951
2006	#816
2007	#683
2008	#831
2009	#738
2010	#801
2011	#841
2012	#955
2013	#1220
2014	#1120
2015	#1452
2016	#1749
2017	#1817
2018	#2090
2019	#2040
2020	#2843
2021	#1569
2022	#2673
2023	#2201
2024	#3015

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 girls in England and Wales in 26 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2018: #896 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2090 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — 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 #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Rubi appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 26 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 562 births with the name.

Rubi across 2 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.

Rubi'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 · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#683 (2007)	#3015 (2024)	26 of 29	562 (1996–2024)	50 (2007)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#742 (2009)	#742 (2009)	#896 (2018)	4 of 10	14 (2009–2018)	4 (2009)

Rubi 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 Rubi in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000s	233	9 of 10	26
2010sbusiest	266	10 of 10	27
2020s	56	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 27 births a year.

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

Rubi 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #426 in Northern Ireland in 2015.

Rubi'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	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2673	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1569	19	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2040	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1817	16	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1749	17	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1452	22	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1120	31	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1220	28	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#955	38	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#841	43	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#801	45	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#738	49	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#831	40	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#683	50	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#816	37	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#951	28	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2112	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1843	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#426	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #426, first reached in 2015.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 50 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2009, and 19 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.

Ruben · #52, 67y
Ruben-James · #2921, 10y
Rubie · #382, 29y
Rubin · #1234, 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.

Lily-Ann · #426, 30y
Molly-Rose · #426, 28y
Adriel · #427, 24y
Konstantin · #427, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Alys · #426, 29y
Anna-Mae · #426, 17y
Casey-Leigh · #426, 22y
Kyna · #426, 14y

Rubi was ranked #426 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2015. 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.

Rubi 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 Rubi without appearing here.

Rubi moved ahead of

Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2843 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1569 and #5581.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2090 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2040 and #5591.
Freddie Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3795 and #2350 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #816 and #3548.
Josefine Compare
In 2002 they stood at #3225 and #3225 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #1843 and #4373.

Moved ahead of Rubi

Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2040 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2843 and #1313.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2201 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #1743.
Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1569 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2673 and #1452.
Arlo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1569 and #1785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2673 and #1849.

Moved the opposite way to Rubi

Kristin Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Rubi went from #3795 to #2201 while Kristin went from #1434 to #5687.
Therese Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Rubi went from #3795 to #2201 while Therese went from #2096 to #4709.
Tracey Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Rubi went from #3795 to #2201 while Tracey went from #783 to #5687.
Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Rubi went from #3795 to #1569 while Carol went from #802 to #3519.

Moved the same way as Rubi

Hayden Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rubi went from #951 to #3015 and Hayden from #3970 to #5891.

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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #426 in Northern Ireland in 2015. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rubi

Rubi at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rubi across 2 official records

Rubi by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Popularity data

What the record shows

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Rubi at a glance

Rubi across 2 official records

Rubi by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Rubi 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 Rubi

Rubi and the names beside it

Rubi moved ahead of

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