Nameling

Rhue

Gender
Girl
Say it
ROO
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#4,935 for girls

Rhue is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).

Where does Rhue come from?

English: probably a spelling of Rue, the herb

Is Rhue a girl's or a boy's name?

Rhue is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Rhue in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#4,935among girls
Babies in 2025
4about 1 in 70,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Rhue, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls.

2025 had the most girls named Rhue of any year since it first appeared, in 2012.

In 2025, 100 girls in the UK were given Rhue or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #441, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 632nd in Scotland.

2012Busiest: 4 in 20252025
Rhue in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20254#4,935
20240–
20232#7,489
20223#5,885
20210–
20200–
20192#7,280
20180–
20170–
20160–
20150–
20141#7,592
20130–
20121#7,881

Names like Rhue

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Rhue

Names related to Rhue

More English names

Every English name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Rhue: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rhue, updated 20 October 2026.