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How popular is the name Ruaridh?
Births per year, rank history and how many Ruaridhs are alive today.
Ruaridh (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1466th in 2025 and given to 18 babies. The name peaked in 2017, when 21 babies were given the name, the 1247th most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.
The Ruaridh you are most likely to meet is around 8 years old - or else around 29: the name has two living generations. Half of all Ruaridhs born in England and Wales are between 7 and 28, 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 Ruaridh - on average, only one in every 758 such rooms contains a Ruaridh.
How many babies are named Ruaridh each year?
Where does Ruaridh 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 Ruaridh most popular?
Ruaridh peaked in 2017, when 21 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Ruaridh?
At least 400 people named Ruaridh born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Ruaridh?
Most living Ruaridhs are between 7 and 28; the most common age is about 8. There is a second cluster around 29.
Is Ruaridh becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.