How Many People Are Named Ruqayya?
people named Ruqayya are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,770,905 people in the US has this name
Based on 194 babies named Ruqayya in Social Security records from 1996 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
25 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant transcription of RUQAYYAH.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ruqayya in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ruqayya alive today is about 7 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 11 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ruqayya first appears in the records in 1996, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 25 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1996 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ruqayya has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #5,203, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #5,203.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,203 |
| Best rank | #5,203 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #6,943 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ruqayya alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ruqayya were born in New York than in any other state: about 6 of those alive today.
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