Ruhan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ruhan: Recorded every year since 2001, it reached #699 in 2015, and it stood at #2,921 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#699highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2001–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#2220
2002	#2005
2003	#1410
2004	#2304
2005	#3208
2006	#2282
2007	#3589
2008	#2276
2009	#3227
2010	#2199
2011	#2892
2012	#3416
2013	#4685
2014	#1935
2015	#3004
2016	#1498
2017	#1812
2018	#3011
2019	#1745
2020	#2682
2021	#4789
2022	#3449
2023	#1799
2024	#2921

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 every year from 2001 to 2024.

In 2015: #699 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #3004 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2001–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2001
First recorded at #2220 among boys in England and Wales in 2001 — 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 #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Ruhan 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 Ruhan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	56	9 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	89	10 of 10	9
2020s	35	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

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

Ruhan 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 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #699 in Republic of Ireland in 2015.

Ruhan'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	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1799	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2682	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1745	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1812	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1498	17	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3004	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2199	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2276	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2304	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1410	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2005	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 2001 and 2024, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #699, first reached in 2015.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2015, and 14 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.

Rugile · #550, 16y
Ruhaan · #1192, 16y
Ruhani · #2888, 15y
Ruhi · #1023, 27y

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.

Alvaro · #699, 26y
Kellan · #699, 29y
Maxx · #699, 27y
Tamim · #699, 26y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Dragos · #699, 15y
Ehan · #699, 18y
Raiden · #699, 21y
Artiom · #698, 16y

Ruhan was ranked #699 in Republic of Ireland · Boys 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.

Ruhan 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 Ruhan without appearing here.

Ruhan moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3449 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1799 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1799 and #4991.
Even Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4685 and #4685 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #1812 and #4812.
Shannon Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4685 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #1812 and #4812.

Moved ahead of Ruhan

Mathias Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1410 and #2470 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #2304 and #1160.
Aksel Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1935 and #2079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3004 and #1902.
Matheo Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1745 and #2488 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2682 and #2076.
Gunnar Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1799 and #1906 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #2443.

Moved the opposite way to Ruhan

Cooper Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ruhan went from #2005 to #2921 while Cooper went from #907 to #139.

Moved the same way as Ruhan

Anders Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ruhan went from #2005 to #2921 and Anders from #1519 to #2263.
Espen Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ruhan went from #2005 to #2921 and Espen from #3225 to #5119.
Brent Compare
Between 2001 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Ruhan went from #2220 to #3449 and Brent from #1078 to #3449.
Ole Compare
Between 2001 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Ruhan went from #2220 to #3449 and Ole from #3134 to #4789.

What's not yet available

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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 2 regions, from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #699 in Republic of Ireland in 2015. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Ruhan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Ruhan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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