Rukaya

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Rukaya: Recorded since 1998, it reached #2,843 in 2010, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
13times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#2843highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#3142
2000	#3912
2002	#4137
2006	#3548
2008	#3860
2010	#2843
2012	#3681
2013	#4739
2014	#4684
2015	#5730
2016	#5785
2020	#5493
2024	#4192

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 13 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #3142 among girls in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #2843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2010 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Rukaya 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 Rukaya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2000s	16	4 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	28	6 of 10	5
2020s	8	2 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Rukaya 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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2843 in England and Wales in 2010.

Rukaya'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	#4192	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	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 1998 and 2024, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,843, first reached in 2010.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

Its record falls into 9 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
9separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#4,192position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
8births registered in its largest year, 2010Under 25 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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Rumaisa · #643, 28y
Rumaisah · #2496, 16y

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.

Aidy · #2843, 13y
Amerie · #2843, 12y
Amiyah-Rose · #2843, 10y
Eleyna · #2843, 12y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Nataliya · #2843, 17y
Sawda · #2843, 18y
Umama · #2843, 16y
Casimir · #2837, 10y

Rukaya 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 Rukaya without appearing here.

Rukaya moved ahead of

Lynette Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3548 and #2509 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3681 and #5876.
Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #5891.
Debra Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #5891.
Donna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5493 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Rukaya

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4739 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #1628.
Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4684 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #2705.
Cecilie Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4739 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #3117.
Eabha Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2843 and #3156 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3681 and #2338.

Moved the same way as Rukaya

Kristin Compare
Between 1998 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Rukaya went from #3142 to #5493 and Kristin from #1122 to #5493.
Therese Compare
Between 1998 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Rukaya went from #3142 to #5493 and Therese from #2165 to #5493.
Tracey Compare
Between 1998 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Rukaya went from #3142 to #5493 and Tracey from #1319 to #4535.
Carol Compare
Between 1998 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Rukaya went from #3142 to #5785 and Carol from #1480 to #4096.

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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2843 in England and Wales in 2010. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rukaya

Rukaya at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rukaya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Rukaya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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