Girls' name · since 2004
Rukaya
Since 2004, U.S. Social Security records show 93 babies named Rukaya, peaking in 2011. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #27,948 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 93
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rukaya sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 93 recorded since 2004.
Rukaya has 93 recorded births among girls since 2004, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2022.
- #27,948 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 93 born since 2004
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rukaya ranks #27,948 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 93 born since 2004, peaking in the 2010s.
- #27,948 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 93
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rukaya's 93 recorded births place it above 61.33% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Michigan.
Rukaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rukaya splits its recorded history at 2016: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2004 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2011 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rukaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2022
- Peak year (2011)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Rukaya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (58 births, 62% of the file).
2010s was Rukaya's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Rukaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 19
2000s
19 births
- 2010s
2010s
58 births
- 2020s 16
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 58 births (62% of all-time use).
Rukaya by state
Where Rukaya concentrates geographically, total births since 2004
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 5 | 5.4% |
5 of 93 births nationwide.
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- Rukaya's decade-level peak was the 2010s (58 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Michigan records the most Rukayas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Michigan names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rukaya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~18 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, 2004–2022 (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 Rukaya 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.