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How popular is the name Ruan?
Births per year, rank history and how many Ruans are alive today.
Ruan (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1153rd in 2025 and given to 25 babies. It was almost as popular in 2011, with 24 babies given the name that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.
The Ruan you are most likely to meet is around 16 years old. Half of all Ruans born in England and Wales are between 6 and 17, and there are at least 400 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Ruan - on average, only one in every 758 such rooms contains a Ruan.
How many babies are named Ruan each year?
Where does Ruan rank among boys' names?
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 Ruan most popular?
Ruan peaked in 2025, when 25 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Ruan?
At least 400 people named Ruan born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Ruan?
Most living Ruans are between 6 and 17; the most common age is about 16.
Is Ruan becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.