Ruairi — #6601 US boys' name
271 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.
More common than 54% of names given to boys today.
34% of everyone ever named Ruairi was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Ruairi in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ruairi
The Social Security Administration has registered 271 babies named Ruairi between 1988 and 2024, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ruairi currently holds the #6601 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ruairi performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 91 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Ruairi shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ruairi in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 271 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Ruairi at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ruairi popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1988
- Peak year (2022)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
Currently ranks #6601 among boys.
271 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 21 births in a single year.
Ruairi popularity over time — girls
6 total births recorded since 2021 (Ruairi as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Ruairi accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ruairi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 91 births that decade — 34% of Ruairi's all-time total
Ruairi decade highlights
- Peak decade 91 births
- Runner-up 81 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Ruairi's strongest decade
91 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1988–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.