Ruan — #8518 US boys' name
75 babies named Ruan in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 40% of names given to boys today.
51% of everyone ever named Ruan was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Ruan in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ruan
The Social Security Administration has registered 75 babies named Ruan between 1983 and 2024, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ruan currently holds the #8518 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ruan performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ruan shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ruan 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 75 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.
Ruan at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ruan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1983
- Peak year (2022)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
Currently ranks #8518 among boys.
75 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 10 births in a single year.
Ruan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 38 births that decade — 51% of Ruan's all-time total
Ruan decade highlights
- Peak decade 38 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Ruan's strongest decade
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% 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, 1983–2024 (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.