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How popular is the name Ruqaiyah?
Births per year, rank history and how many Ruqaiyahs are alive today.
Ruqaiyah (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Ruqaya in England and Wales, ranked 3035th in 2025 and given to 8 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2001, when 16 babies were given the name, the 1238th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2015, with 15 babies given the name that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Ruqaya you are most likely to meet is around 11 years old. Half of all Ruqayas born in England and Wales are between 9 and 22, and there are at least 560 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 Ruqaya - on average, only one in every 563 such rooms contains a Ruqaya.
How many babies are named Ruqaiyah each year?
Includes all spellings: Ruqaiyah, Ruqaya. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Ruqaiyah spelling rank?
Where does the Ruqaya 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 Ruqaiyah most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Ruqaya, peaked in 2014, when 32 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Ruqaiyah spelling itself peaked in 2001, with 16 babies.
How many people are called Ruqaiyah?
At least 560 people named Ruqaiyah in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Ruqaiyah?
Most living Ruqaiyahs are between 9 and 22; the most common age is about 11.
Is Ruqaiyah becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.