Ruah
Girl · ROO-ah · Hebrew
Ruah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “spirit, breath, wind”. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 4,757th for girls in the US (28 babies).
What does Ruah mean?
Hebrew: from ruach
“spirit, breath, wind”
The Hebrew word used in Genesis for the spirit of God moving over the waters.
- Say it
- ROO-ah
Is Ruah a girl's or a boy's name?
Ruah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 28 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Ruah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,509among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 567% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Ruah, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls.
2025 had the most girls named Ruah of any year since it first appeared, in 2016.
In 2025, 19 girls in the UK were given Ruah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,417, up from #2,509 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Ruah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
How popular is Ruah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,757among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 57,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 146% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the US were named Ruah, making it the 4,757th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. It first appears in the records in 2010. 6 boys were also named Ruah in 2025 (10,690th for boys).
2025 had the most girls named Ruah of any year since it first appeared, in 2010.
Half of all the girls named Ruah in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ruah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #4,757 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
Names like Ruah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Nusaybah Ruqayyah Ayah Rehmat Rahma Zainab Hafsa Raya Ayra Abeeha Ayzal
Other spellings of Ruah
Roua Roaa
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