Girls' name · since 2005
Ruqayah
Since 2005, U.S. Social Security records show 51 babies named Ruqayah, peaking in 2013. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #34,873 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,121 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 51
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ruqayah currently ranks #16121 among girls' names in America, with 51 babies recorded since 2005.
Ruqayah has 51 recorded births among girls since 2005, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #16121 as of the latest data, more common than 7% of girls, 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 2005 to 2025.
- #34,873 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,121 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 51 born since 2005
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ruqayah ranks #34,873 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,121 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 51 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.
- #34,873 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,121 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 51
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ruqayah's 51 recorded births place it above 51.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ruqayah compares
51 16th 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
Ruqayah's all-time total is 86% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ruqayah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 51 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ruqayah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ruqayah's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2010, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2013 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ruqayah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Ruqayah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (29 births, 57% of the file).
2010s was Ruqayah's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Ruqayah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
29 births
- 2020s
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 29 births (57% of all-time use).
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- Ruqayah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (29 total births) through the 2020s (16) -- 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 Ruqayah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~20 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, 2005–2025 (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 Ruqayah 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.