How Many People Are Named Rui?
people named Rui are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 362,060 people in the US has this name
Based on 972 babies named Rui in Social Security records from 1967 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
71 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of RUY.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Rui, 9% were girls and 91.1% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Rui rose from 0% in the 1970s to 17% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Rui alive today is about 19 years old, and 72% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 35 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Rui first appears in the records in 1967 and was given most often in 2024, to 71 babies. In 2025, 59 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1967 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Rui has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,104, in 1971. In 2025 it ranked #2,672.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,672 |
| Best rank | #2,104 (1971) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,871 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Rui alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Rui were born in California than in any other state: about 92 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Rui was given about 3.9 times as often in California.
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