Girls' name · since 1997
Ruqaiyah
72 babies named Ruqaiyah in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #30,849 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,771 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 72
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ruqaiyah currently ranks #15771 among girls' names in America, with 72 babies recorded since 1997.
Social Security Administration records show Ruqaiyah recorded 72 times among girls since 1997, holding rank #15771 nationally today, ahead of 9% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #30,849 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,771 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 72 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ruqaiyah ranks #30,849 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,771 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 72 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #30,849 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,771 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 72
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ruqaiyah's 72 recorded births place it above 57.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ruqaiyah compares
72 20th 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
Ruqaiyah's all-time total is 81% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ruqaiyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 72 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ruqaiyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ruqaiyah's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2003 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ruqaiyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2003)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Ruqaiyah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (29 births, 40% of the file).
2000s was Ruqaiyah's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Ruqaiyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
29 births
- 2010s
2010s
28 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 29 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Ruqaiyah's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (29 total births) through the 2020s (10) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ruqaiyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1997–2025 (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 Ruqaiyah 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.