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How popular is the name Ru?
Births per year, rank history and how many Rus are alive today.
Ru (female), a spelling of Rue, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2017 (ranked 5765th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since.
Across all spellings of the name, the Rue you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Rues born in England and Wales are between 2 and 8, and there are at least 770 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Rue - on average, only one in every 410 such rooms contains a Rue.
How many babies are named Ru each year?
Includes all spellings: Ru, Roux, Rue, Rya. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Ru spelling rank?
Where does the Roux spelling rank?
Where does the Rue spelling rank?
Where does the Rya spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Ru most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Rue, peaked in 2024, when 127 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Ru spelling itself peaked in 2017, with 3 babies.
How many people are called Ru?
At least 770 people named Ru in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Ru?
Most living Rus are between 2 and 8; the most common age is about 2.
Is Ru becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.