Ruy

Boys' name

Famous ruler, through Rodrigo

Ruy has been given to 24 babies in the U.S. since 1985. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2007, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Ruy, 2007

1 in 571,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ruy: meaning, origin, and history

Famous ruler, through Rodrigo

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ruy means

Ruy belongs to the name family reached through Ruy → Rodrigo. Its meaning is “famous ruler”.

Origin, language, and formation

Ruy is used in Spanish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Rodrigo.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Spanish, Ruy is pronounced /ˈrui/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 24 boys were recorded with the name Ruy between 1985 and 2007. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2007; its best national rank was #6,572 in 1986.

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 Ruy?

Ruy had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2007, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2007: 1 in 571,000; 7 of 3,997,748 births
Among boys only: 1 in 296,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2007: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 395,862 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ruy 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 2007 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 395,862 children born in 2007 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ruy. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ruys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ruy was born before 2004 — so the typical Ruy is around 21 today.

Median birth year: 2004; About 21 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 54.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 24; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 54.2% of all recorded uses (13).

Is Ruy 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2007 (7)
Years since peak: 18; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 20.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,572; 1986

Ruy around the world

Where Ruy 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.

France
1968–1982
#2,216
in 1982
South Australia
1965–1965
#574
in 1965

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Ruy by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #6,572; 1986
Peak year: 2007; 7 that year
First recorded: 1985
Last recorded: 2007
All-time count: 24
Count in 2025: Under 5

Sibling names for Ruy

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

Jailyn Kalli Neveah Marlen Jaylyn Lupita Marin Yuliana

For a brother

Jaeden Nikhil Jamarcus Slade Brandt Nevin Ean Davian

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