How Many People Are Named Ruqayyah?
people named Ruqayyah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 625,979 people in the US has this name
Based on 552 babies named Ruqayyah in Social Security records from 1977 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
33 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Derived either from Arabic رقى (ruqia) meaning "rise, ascent" or from رقية (ruqyah) meaning "spell, charm, incantation". This was the name of one of the daughters of the Prophet Muhammad. She became a wife of Uthman, the third caliph of the Muslims.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ruqayyah in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ruqayyah alive today is about 15 years old, and 86% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 22 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ruqayyah first appears in the records in 1977, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 33 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1977 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ruqayyah has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #4,334, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #4,334.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,334 |
| Best rank | #4,334 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #6,592 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ruqayyah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ruqayyah were born in New York than in any other state: about 19 of those alive today.
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