Rukia — #12823 US girls' name
202 babies named Rukia in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 27% of names given to girls today.
52% of everyone ever named Rukia was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Rukia in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rukia
The Social Security Administration has registered 202 babies named Rukia between 2003 and 2024, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rukia currently holds the #12823 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rukia performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 106 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Rukia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rukia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rukia 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 202 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.
Rukia at a glance
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Current rank
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Rukia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2003
- Peak year (2020)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
Currently ranks #12823 among girls.
202 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 19 births in a single year.
Rukia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 106 births that decade — 52% of Rukia's all-time total
Rukia decade highlights
- Peak decade 106 births
- Runner-up 61 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Rukia's strongest decade
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Rukia by state
Where Rukia concentrates geographically — total births since 2003
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 5 | 2.5% |
5 of 202 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Minnesota 2.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Minnesota accounts for 2.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2003–2024 (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.