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How popular is the name Ruqayya?
Births per year, rank history and how many Ruqayyas are alive today.
Ruqayya (female) is an uncommon spelling of the girls' name Ruqayyah in England and Wales, ranked 834th in 2025 with 43 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2024, when 46 babies were given the name, the 811th most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.
Across all spellings of the name, the Ruqayyah you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Ruqayyahs born in England and Wales are between 6 and 19, and there are at least 2,300 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 Ruqayyah - on average, only one in every 137 such rooms contains a Ruqayyah.
How many babies are named Ruqayya each year?
Includes all spellings: Ruqayya, Ruqayyah. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Ruqayya spelling rank?
Where does the Ruqayyah 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 Ruqayya most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Ruqayyah, peaked in 2025, when 125 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Ruqayya spelling itself peaked in 2024, with 46 babies.
How many people are called Ruqayya?
At least 2,300 people named Ruqayya in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Ruqayya?
Most living Ruqayyas are between 6 and 19; the most common age is about 2.
Is Ruqayya becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.