Boys' name · since 1988
Ruairi
289 babies named Ruairi in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,800 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,485 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 289
- born since 1988
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ruairi currently ranks #5485 among boys' names in America, with 289 babies recorded since 1988.
Ruairi has 289 recorded births among boys since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5485 as of the latest data, more common than 61% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- #10,800 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,485 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 289 born since 1988
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ruairi ranks #10,800 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,485 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 289 born since 1988, peaking in the 2020s.
- #10,800 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,485 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 289
- born since 1988
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ruairi's 289 recorded births place it above 76.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ruairi compares
289 45th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Ruairi's all-time total is 22% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ruairi | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 289 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ruairi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ruairi splits its recorded history at 2011: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1988 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ruairi popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Ruairi popularity over time - girls
12 total births recorded since 2021 (Ruairi as girls' name)
Ruairi by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (99 births, 34% of the file).
2020s was Ruairi's strongest decade.
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Ruairi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s 33
1990s
33 births
- 2000s
2000s
60 births
- 2010s
2010s
91 births
- 2020s
2020s
99 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 99 births (34% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ruairi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~37 yrs)
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, 1988–2025 (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 Ruairi 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.