Ruqaiya

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Ruqaiya: Recorded since 1999, it reached #2,042 in 2020, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#2042highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1999–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#2444
2000	#3247
2001	#3998
2004	#3725
2005	#4798
2007	#3667
2009	#4564
2010	#4688
2011	#2275
2012	#4838
2013	#2460
2014	#3514
2015	#2328
2016	#4096
2017	#2925
2018	#3178
2019	#4001
2020	#2042
2021	#3519
2022	#4645
2023	#4709
2024	#4192

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 22 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1999–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #2444 among girls in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1999–2024
Highest recorded position: #2042 among girls in England and Wales, in 2020 (recorded 1999–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Ruqaiya 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 Ruqaiya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	6	1 of 10	6
2000s	23	6 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	71	10 of 10	7
2020s	32	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Ruqaiya 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 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2042 in England and Wales in 2020.

Ruqaiya'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
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2042	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2328	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2460	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2275	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	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 1999 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,042, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 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 →
16 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#4,192position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
13births registered in its largest year, 2020Under 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.

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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.

Aalayah · #2042, 18y
Arrabella · #2042, 18y
Charlotte-Rose · #2042, 19y
Magi · #2042, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Charlotte-Rose · #2042, 19y
Magi · #2042, 19y
Mehr · #2042, 21y
Paisleigh · #2042, 13y

Ruqaiya 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 Ruqaiya without appearing here.

Ruqaiya moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4001 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2042 and #5493.
Kari Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4838 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2460 and #5742.
Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4838 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3514 and #5691.
Rian Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4838 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3514 and #5691.

Moved ahead of Ruqaiya

Blake Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2275 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4838 and #1893.
Janice Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3519 and #3961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #4645 and #1948.
Eabha Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2275 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4838 and #2338.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2042 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3519 and #1286.

Moved the opposite way to Ruqaiya

Ada Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruqaiya went from #2444 to #4192 while Ada went from #2189 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruqaiya went from #2444 to #4192 while Alma went from #3225 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruqaiya went from #2444 to #4192 while Alyssa went from #483 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruqaiya went from #2444 to #4192 while Amalie went from #2770 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Ruqaiya

Abigail Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruqaiya went from #2444 to #4192 and Abigail from #20 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruqaiya went from #2444 to #4192 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruqaiya went from #2444 to #4192 and Aisling from #410 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruqaiya went from #2444 to #4192 and Alex from #204 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 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2042 in England and Wales in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ruqaiya

Ruqaiya at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ruqaiya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Ruqaiya at a glance

Ruqaiya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Ruqaiya and the names beside it

Ruqaiya moved ahead of

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