Unisex name · since 1967
Rui
887 babies named Rui in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,540 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,653 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 887
- born since 1967
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Rui is the #2653 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 887 recorded since 1967.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rui has been recorded 887 times among boys since 1967, currently ranked #2653 nationally and more common than 81% of boys, 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 1967 to 2025.
- #5,540 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,653 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 887 born since 1967
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rui ranks #5,540 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,653 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 887 born since 1967, peaking in the 2020s.
- #5,540 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,653 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 887
- born since 1967
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rui's 887 recorded births place it above 87.81% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Rui compares
887 Top 34% higher than 66% of 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
Rui's all-time total is 140% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rui | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 887 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 62 | 34 | 22,252 |
Rui's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rui splits its recorded history at 1999: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1967 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 62 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rui popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 62
- Annual births at peak, across 59 years of records
Rui popularity over time - girls
85 total births recorded since 2006 (Rui as girls' name)
Rui by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (264 births, 30% of the file).
2020s was Rui's strongest decade.
264 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Rui births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
146 births
- 1980s 105
1980s
105 births
- 1990s 68
1990s
68 births
- 2000s
2000s
123 births
- 2010s
2010s
176 births
- 2020s
2020s
264 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 264 births (30% of all-time use).
How Rui compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Rui's total volume
Rui by state
Where Rui concentrates geographically, total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 93 | 10.5% |
| #2 | Massachusetts | | 41 | 4.6% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 33 | 3.7% |
| #4 | New York | | 13 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Washington | | 10 | 1.1% |
| #6 | Texas | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Connecticut | | 5 | 0.6% |
93 of 887 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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- California records the most Ruis (93 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Rui: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~58 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, 1967–2025 (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 Rui 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.