Ruya

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Ruya: Recorded every year since 2004, it reached #1,502 in 2007, and it stood at #2,000 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#1502highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2004–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#3725
2005	#2970
2006	#3116
2007	#1502
2008	#2292
2009	#3031
2010	#1993
2011	#5785
2012	#2521
2013	#3536
2014	#2464
2015	#3252
2016	#2008
2017	#4063
2018	#2090
2019	#2643
2020	#2300
2021	#2341
2022	#2178
2023	#2063
2024	#2000

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 2004 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2004–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2004
First recorded at #3725 among girls in England and Wales in 2004 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2004–2024
Highest recorded position: #1502 among girls in England and Wales, in 2007 (recorded 2004–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2000 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Ruya 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 Ruya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	50	6 of 10	8
2010s	90	10 of 10	9
2020sbusiest	61	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 12 births a year.

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

Ruya 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 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1502 in England and Wales in 2007.

Ruya'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	#2000	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2063	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2178	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2300	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2643	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2008	14	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2464	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2521	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1993	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2292	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1502	17	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	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 2004 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,502, first reached in 2007.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
21 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,000position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
17births registered in its largest year, 2007Under 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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Ruwayda · #1384, 24y
Ruzgar · #1183, 14y
Rya · #476, 19y

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.

Manaal · #1502, 26y
Tia-Rose · #1501, 23y
Lalita · #1500, 18y
Django · #1505, 22y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Lalita · #1500, 18y
Aafiya · #1505, 14y
Peony · #1505, 19y
Aariyan · #1506, 19y

Ruya 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 Ruya without appearing here.

Ruya moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3252 and #2945 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2008 and #5785.
Kristine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3252 and #3252 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2008 and #5785.
Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3536 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2090 and #5666.
Kim Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4063 and #3583 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2090 and #5666.

Moved ahead of Ruya

Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3031 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2893.
Fiadh Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2008 and #2757 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4063 and #2502.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3536 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2464 and #1628.
Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2300 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2341 and #1785.

Moved the opposite way to Ruya

Abigail Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruya went from #3725 to #2000 while Abigail went from #19 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruya went from #3725 to #2000 while Aimee went from #47 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruya went from #3725 to #2000 while Aisling went from #866 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruya went from #3725 to #2000 while Alex went from #199 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Ruya

Ada Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruya went from #3725 to #2000 and Ada from #1617 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruya went from #3725 to #2000 and Alma from #1535 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruya went from #3725 to #2000 and Amelia from #18 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ruya went from #3725 to #2000 and Aria from #1715 to #35.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1502 in England and Wales in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ruya

Ruya at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ruya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Ruya appears in

Popularity data

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Ruya at a glance

Ruya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Ruya appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Ruya and the names beside it

Ruya moved ahead of

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