Ruan

#9,535 in 2025Boys' name

Form of Juan

Ruan has been given to 83 babies in the U.S. since 1983. In 2025 it ranked #9,535 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Ruan, 2025

1 in 414,000

Ruan over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ruan: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Juan

Spanish

What Ruan means

Ruan is a form of Juan.

Meaning behind the documented name family

Ruan is a form of Juan. Juan has more than one origin or interpretation.

Origin, language, and formation

Ruan is used in English and Portuguese. Its origins include Spanish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Juan, João, Ivan, Ian, Jean and Geovane.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Portuguese, Ruan is pronounced /ʁuˈɐ̃/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 83 boys were recorded with the name Ruan between 1983 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2022; its best national rank was #7,122 in 1983.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #10,387 in 2020 to #9,535 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Ruan?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 414,000; 8 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 213,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #9,535; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 287,238 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ruan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ruan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ruans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ruan was born before 2020 — so the typical Ruan is around 5 today.

Median birth year: 2020; About 5 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 55.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 81.9%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 83; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 55.4% of all recorded uses (46).

Is Ruan 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: −699; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: +852; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 80.0%; Peak was 2022 (10)
Years since peak: 3; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 30.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,122; 1983

Spellings of Ruan

Ruan is not the most common spelling — Brian is, with 20.2% against Ruan's <0.01%.

Brian20.2%1,173,735
Ryan16.6%964,123
Sean7.3%423,637
Bryan6.7%389,589
Juan6.3%365,606
Alan6.3%363,313
Evan5.0%287,701
Ian4.4%257,664

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Ruan around the world

Where Ruan 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 & Wales
1997–2025
#1,153
in 2025
Scotland
1998–2022
#522
in 2022
Northern Ireland
2012–2025
#270
in 2025
Ireland
2003–2025
#577
in 2025
France
2001–2014
#6,532
in 2014
South Australia
1974–1974
#455
in 1974

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Ruan by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #9,535
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 852
Best rank ever: #7,122; 1983
Peak year: 2022; 10 that year
First recorded: 1983
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 83
Count in 2025: 8

Names similar to Ruan

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Ruah Yuan Rual Ruari Huan Ruairi Suan Ruaan Euan Kjuan Kauan Xuan Kuan Aquan Anthuan Ruark Luan Equan Shuan Niquan Zyquan Myquan Jyquan Jjuan

Sibling names for Ruan

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Karleigh Adelle Keren Kendyl Anabel Hayleigh

For a brother

Aaden Kale Hamilton Evans Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah

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