Girls' name · since 2013
Ruqaiya
47 babies named Ruqaiya in U.S. Social Security records since 2013, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #35,769 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,885 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 47
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
47 babies have been named Ruqaiya since 2013, making it today's #12885 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ruqaiya has been recorded 47 times among girls since 2013, currently ranked #12885 nationally and more common than 26% 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 2013 to 2025.
- #35,769 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,885 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 47 born since 2013
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ruqaiya ranks #35,769 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,885 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 47 born since 2013, peaking in the 2020s.
- #35,769 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,885 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 47
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ruqaiya's 47 recorded births place it above 50.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ruqaiya compares
47 15th 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
Ruqaiya's all-time total is 87% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ruqaiya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 47 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ruqaiya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ruqaiya's SSA record in two at 2022 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2013, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ruqaiya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Ruqaiya by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (36 births, 77% of the file).
2020s was Ruqaiya's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 77% of all-time use.
Ruqaiya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
- 2020s
2020s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 36 births (77% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ruqaiya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2013–2025 (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 Ruqaiya 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.