Girls' name · since 2022
Rufaida
21 babies named Rufaida in U.S. Social Security records since 2022, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #45,612 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,842 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 21
- born since 2022
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Rufaida is the #11842 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 21 recorded since 2022.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rufaida has been recorded 21 times among girls since 2022, currently ranked #11842 nationally and more common than 32% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2022 to 2025.
- #45,612 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,842 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 21 born since 2022
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rufaida ranks #45,612 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,842 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 21 born since 2022, peaking in the 2020s.
- #45,612 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,842 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 21
- born since 2022
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rufaida's 21 recorded births place it above 36.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Rufaida compares
21 8th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Rufaida's all-time total is 94% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rufaida | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 21 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 21 | 19,840 |
Rufaida's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rufaida's full recorded timeline at 2023, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2023, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rufaida popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Rufaida by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (21 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Rufaida's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Rufaida births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 21 births (100% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Rufaida: 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 (~3 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, 2022–2025 (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 Rufaida 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.