Ruqayyah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Ruqayyah: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #454 in 2016, and it stood at #565 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#454highest recorded position
7groupings 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	#1646
1997	#1234
1998	#869
1999	#816
2000	#833
2001	#796
2002	#656
2003	#799
2004	#626
2005	#890
2006	#606
2007	#637
2008	#639
2009	#701
2010	#538
2011	#937
2012	#654
2013	#542
2014	#579
2015	#512
2016	#454
2017	#533
2018	#545
2019	#537
2020	#454
2021	#654
2022	#518
2023	#540
2024	#565

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 every year 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 #1646 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: #454 among girls in England and Wales, in 2016 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #565 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Ruqayyah 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 Ruqayyah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	77	4 of 10	19
2000s	430	10 of 10	43
2010sbusiest	736	10 of 10	74
2020s	366	5 of 10	73

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 74 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2010 and 2011, when recorded births fell by 36, from 74 to 38.

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

Ruqayyah 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: #454 in England and Wales in 2020.

Ruqayyah'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	#565	69	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#540	72	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#518	76	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#654	59	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#454	90	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#537	75	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#545	76	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#533	81	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#454	96	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#512	84	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#579	72	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#542	77	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#654	63	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#937	38	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#538	74	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#701	52	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#639	58	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#637	55	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#606	55	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#890	31	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#626	48	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#799	33	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#656	41	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#796	30	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#833	27	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#816	27	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#869	25	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1234	15	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1646	10	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 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #454, first reached in 2016.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 96 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

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 →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#565position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
96births registered in its largest year, 201650 to 99 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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Ruqayya · #811, 29y
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Rusne · #758, 11y

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.

Jeevan · #453, 29y
Danyaal · #452, 29y
Kofi · #452, 29y
Jaya · #458, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Ishaan · #454, 28y
Jeevan · #453, 29y
Danyaal · #452, 29y
Kofi · #452, 29y

Ruqayyah was ranked #454 in England and Wales · Girls in 2016. 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.

Ruqayyah 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 Ruqayyah without appearing here.

Ruqayyah moved ahead of

Janice Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1646 and #1364 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #1234 and #2738.
Suzanne Compare
In 2005 they stood at #890 and #745 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #606 and #1585.
Janet Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1234 and #1045 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #869 and #1571.
Jude Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1234 and #1234 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #869 and #1571.

Moved ahead of Ruqayyah

Mila Compare
In 2010 they stood at #538 and #616 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #937 and #261.
Audrey Compare
In 2010 they stood at #538 and #655 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #937 and #468.
Aria Compare
In 2010 they stood at #538 and #773 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #937 and #615.
Fiadh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #454 and #460 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #654 and #355.

Moved the opposite way to Ruqayyah

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruqayyah went from #1646 to #565 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruqayyah went from #1646 to #565 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruqayyah went from #1646 to #565 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruqayyah went from #1646 to #565 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Ruqayyah

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruqayyah went from #1646 to #565 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruqayyah went from #1646 to #565 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruqayyah went from #1646 to #565 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruqayyah went from #1646 to #565 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: #454 in England and Wales in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ruqayyah

Ruqayyah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ruqayyah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Ruqayyah at a glance

Ruqayyah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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