Rua
#7,079 in 2025Girls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Rua has been given to 73 babies in the U.S. since 1916. In 2025 it ranked #7,079 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 16 recorded.
Babies named Rua, 2025
1 in 207,000
Rua over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
How common is Rua?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 207,000
- 16 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 100,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #7,079
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 143,620 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Rua sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 143,620 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rua. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Ruas were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Rua was born before 2022 — so the typical Rua is around 3 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2020s
- 60.3% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 93.2%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 68
- People you could plausibly meet
2020s — 60.3% of all recorded uses (44).
Is Rua rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- +3,040
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +8,976
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 2.67×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 100.0%
- Peak was 2025 (16)
- Years since peak
- Peaking now
- At its all-time high
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 93.3% average annual change
Rua around the world
Where Rua ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales2015–2025#2,788in 2025
- Northern Ireland2010–2025#290in 2025
- Ireland2018–2025#443in 2025
- Canada2024–2024#2,710in 2024
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office and Statistics Canada. ONS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Rua by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
Names similar to Rua
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Rua
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.