Ruel — #7235 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ruel

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,906 babies named Ruel between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ruel currently holds the #7235 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 49 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ruel performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 372 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Ruel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 47 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kentucky and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Ruel in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ruel 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 1,906 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.