Ruqayah — girls' name

What the Data Says About Ruqayah

The Social Security Administration has registered 46 babies named Ruqayah between 2005 and 2023, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ruqayah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ruqayah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 29 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Ruqayah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ruqayah 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 46 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.