Girls' name · since 1916
Rua
Since 1916, U.S. Social Security records show 73 babies named Rua, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #30,708 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,876 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 73
- born since 1916
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rua currently ranks #6876 among girls' names in America, with 73 babies recorded since 1916.
Social Security Administration records show Rua recorded 73 times among girls since 1916, holding rank #6876 nationally today, ahead of 60% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2025.
- #30,708 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,876 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 73 born since 1916
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rua ranks #30,708 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,876 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 73 born since 1916, peaking in the 2020s.
- #30,708 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,876 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 73
- born since 1916
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rua's 73 recorded births place it above 57.5% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Rua compares
73 20th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Rua's all-time total is 81% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rua | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 73 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Rua's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rua splits its recorded history at 2019: 71% of all births land in the more recent half, 29% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1916 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rua popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Rua by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (44 births, 60% of the file).
2020s was Rua's strongest decade.
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Rua births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
24 births
- 2020s
2020s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 44 births (60% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1916–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Rua draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.