Ruchi

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Ruchi: Recorded since 1997, its highest recorded position is #2,152, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#2152highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2152
2001	#3998
2005	#3970
2007	#4294
2008	#5545
2009	#5556
2012	#5876
2013	#4050
2014	#3514
2015	#4736
2018	#3518
2020	#3117
2021	#3961
2022	#3970
2023	#3218
2024	#4843

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 16 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2152 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #2152 among girls in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Ruchi 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 Ruchi in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	1 of 10	7
2000s	17	5 of 10	3
2010s	24	5 of 10	5
2020sbusiest	28	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Ruchi appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2152 in England and Wales in 1997.

Ruchi'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	#4843	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3218	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2152	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 16 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,152, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#4,843position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
7births registered in its largest year, 1997Under 25 births →

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Joscelyn · #2152, 17y
Sufia · #2152, 12y
Yelena · #2152, 12y
Balthazar · #2150, 15y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Branwen · #2152, 26y
Joscelyn · #2152, 17y
Sahira · #2152, 24y
Sufia · #2152, 12y

Ruchi 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 Ruchi without appearing here.

Ruchi moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3518 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #5493.
Kristin Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4736 and #4736 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #5666.
Finlay Compare
In 2012 they stood at #5556 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #4050 and #5742.
Tracey Compare
In 2012 they stood at #5876 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #4050 and #5742.

Moved ahead of Ruchi

Beau Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2152 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3998 and #1107.
Mila Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2152 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3998 and #1107.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3117 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3961 and #1286.
Alma Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2152 and #2411 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3998 and #1728.

Moved the opposite way to Ruchi

Ada Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruchi went from #2152 to #4843 while Ada went from #1543 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruchi went from #2152 to #4843 while Alma went from #2411 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruchi went from #2152 to #4843 while Alyssa went from #506 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruchi went from #2152 to #4843 while Amalie went from #3824 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Ruchi

Abigail Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruchi went from #2152 to #4843 and Abigail from #24 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruchi went from #2152 to #4843 and Aimee from #61 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruchi went from #2152 to #4843 and Aisling from #496 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruchi went from #2152 to #4843 and Alex from #179 to #2253.

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2152 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ruchi

Ruchi at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ruchi by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Ruchi and the names beside it

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Ruchi at a glance

Ruchi by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Ruchi appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Ruchi and the names beside it

Ruchi moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ruchi

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