Ruwayda — #14310 US girls' name
172 babies named Ruwayda in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 19% of names given to girls today.
66% of everyone ever named Ruwayda was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Ruwayda in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ruwayda
The Social Security Administration has registered 172 babies named Ruwayda between 2001 and 2024, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ruwayda currently holds the #14310 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ruwayda performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 114 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Ruwayda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 44 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ruwayda in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ruwayda 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 172 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.
Ruwayda at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Ruwayda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2001
- Peak year (2017)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
Currently ranks #14310 among girls.
172 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 19 births in a single year.
Ruwayda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 114 births that decade — 66% of Ruwayda's all-time total
Ruwayda decade highlights
- Peak decade 114 births
- Runner-up 43 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Ruwayda's strongest decade
114 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 66% of all-time use.
Ruwayda by state
Where Ruwayda concentrates geographically — total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 44 | 25.6% |
44 of 172 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Minnesota 25.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Minnesota accounts for 25.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2001–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.