Ru
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ROO
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Ru is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
Where does Ru come from?
A Chinese name element; in English also a short form of names like Reuben or Rupert
Is Ru a girl's or a boy's name?
Ru is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ru in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Ru, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2018, with 4 boys.
In 2025, 68 boys in the UK were given Ru or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #567, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Ru in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
Names like Ru
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kairo Yug Rumi Minh Ruairi Shko Yusuf Loki Tadhg Yunus River Yoan
Other spellings of Ru
Names related to Ru
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, “Ru: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ru, updated 20 October 2026.