Boys' name · since 1983
Ruan
Since 1983, U.S. Social Security records show 83 babies named Ruan, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,665 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,162 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 83
- born since 1983
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Ruan is the #9162 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 83 recorded since 1983.
Social Security Administration records show Ruan recorded 83 times among boys since 1983, holding rank #9162 nationally today, ahead of 34% of boys, 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 1983 to 2025.
- #18,665 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,162 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 83 born since 1983
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ruan ranks #18,665 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,162 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 83 born since 1983, peaking in the 2020s.
- #18,665 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,162 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 83
- born since 1983
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ruan's 83 recorded births place it above 58.91% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ruan compares
83 23rd 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
Ruan's all-time total is 78% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ruan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 83 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ruan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ruan's full recorded timeline at 2020, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1983, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ruan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Ruan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (46 births, 55% of the file).
2020s was Ruan's strongest decade.
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Ruan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 15
1980s
15 births
- 2000s 13
2000s
13 births
- 2010s 9
2010s
9 births
- 2020s
2020s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 46 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ruan: 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 (~42 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, 1983–2025 (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 Ruan 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.