Girls' name · since 1977
Ruqayyah
552 babies named Ruqayyah in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,142 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,306 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 552
- born since 1977
- 2010s
- peak decade
552 babies have been named Ruqayyah since 1977, making it today's #4306 girls' name.
Ruqayyah has 552 recorded births among girls since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4306 as of the latest data, more common than 75% 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 1977 to 2025.
- #11,142 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,306 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 552 born since 1977
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ruqayyah ranks #11,142 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,306 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 552 born since 1977, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,142 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,306 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 552
- born since 1977
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ruqayyah's 552 recorded births place it above 84.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Ruqayyah compares
552 Top 43% higher than 57% of 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
Ruqayyah's all-time total is 47% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ruqayyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 552 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 33 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ruqayyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ruqayyah splits its recorded history at 2006: 70% of all births land in the more recent half, 30% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 33 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ruqayyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 33
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Ruqayyah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (187 births, 34% of the file).
2010s was Ruqayyah's strongest decade.
187 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Ruqayyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 15
1970s
15 births
- 1980s 29
1980s
29 births
- 1990s 64
1990s
64 births
- 2000s
2000s
108 births
- 2010s
2010s
187 births
- 2020s
2020s
149 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 187 births (34% of all-time use).
How Ruqayyah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Ruqayyah's total volume
Ruqayyah by state
Where Ruqayyah concentrates geographically, total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 19 | 3.4% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.9% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.9% |
19 of 552 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- Ruqayyah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (187 total births) through the 2020s (149) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Ruqayyahs (19 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ruqayyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1977–2025 (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 Ruqayyah 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.