Ruhi

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Ruhi: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,023, and it stood at #1,036 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1023highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#2738
1998	#3142
2000	#2167
2001	#3998
2002	#3409
2003	#2727
2004	#2802
2006	#2781
2007	#2627
2008	#2487
2009	#2535
2010	#4688
2011	#4049
2012	#3285
2013	#5742
2014	#1628
2015	#1324
2016	#1241
2017	#1258
2018	#1314
2019	#1153
2020	#1267
2021	#1128
2022	#1023
2023	#1087
2024	#1036

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 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 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
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1023 among girls in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1036 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Ruhi 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 Ruhi in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	12	3 of 10	4
2000s	59	9 of 10	7
2010s	170	10 of 10	17
2020sbusiest	152	5 of 10	30

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 30 births a year.

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

Ruhi 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1023 in England and Wales in 2022.

Ruhi'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	#1036	33	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1087	31	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1023	33	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1128	30	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1267	25	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1153	29	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1314	25	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1258	27	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1241	27	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1324	25	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1628	18	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2535	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2487	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2627	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,023, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 33 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

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

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 →
19 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#1,036position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
33births registered in its largest year, 202225 to 49 births →

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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Rukaiya · #2416, 20y

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.

Malka · #1023, 29y
Jowan · #1022, 29y
Shriya · #1022, 29y
Stirling · #1024, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Malka · #1023, 29y
Jowan · #1022, 29y
Shriya · #1022, 29y
Stirling · #1024, 27y

Ruhi 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 Ruhi without appearing here.

Ruhi moved ahead of

Finlay Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5742 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #1241 and #5785.
Kari Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5742 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #1241 and #5785.
Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5742 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1314 and #5666.
Lynette Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5742 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1314 and #5666.

Moved ahead of Ruhi

Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1628 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1324 and #1240.
Frida Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2167 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #3409 and #3409.

Moved the opposite way to Ruhi

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruhi went from #3795 to #1036 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruhi went from #3795 to #1036 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruhi went from #3795 to #1036 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruhi went from #3795 to #1036 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Ruhi

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruhi went from #3795 to #1036 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruhi went from #3795 to #1036 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruhi went from #3795 to #1036 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruhi went from #3795 to #1036 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

What's not yet available

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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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1023 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ruhi

Ruhi at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ruhi by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Ruhi at a glance

Ruhi by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Ruhi appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Ruhi and the names beside it

Ruhi moved ahead of

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