Ruari
Boy · ROOR-ee · Irish
Big in Scotland
Ruari is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “red king”. In 2025 it ranked 1,613th for boys in the UK (17 babies).
What does Ruari mean?
Irish: spelling of Ruairí
“red king”
A spelling of Ruairí, the Irish form of Rory.
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Is Ruari a girl's or a boy's name?
Ruari is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ruari in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,613among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the UK were named Ruari, making it the 1,613th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,275th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 44 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Ruari since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Ruari in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 347 boys in the UK were given Ruari or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #181, up from #1,613 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales and 400th in Scotland.
Ruari in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,613 |
| 2024 | 26 | #1,177 |
| 2023 | 26 | #1,190 |
| 2022 | 19 | #1,452 |
| 2021 | 32 | #1,017 |
| 2020 | 22 | #1,275 |
| 2019 | 29 | #1,061 |
| 2018 | 44 | #807 |
| 2017 | 39 | #889 |
| 2016 | 25 | #1,195 |
| 2015 | 21 | #1,324 |
| 2014 | 30 | #1,031 |
| 2013 | 33 | #960 |
| 2012 | 38 | #889 |
| 2011 | 25 | #1,125 |
| 2010 | 32 | #969 |
| 2009 | 25 | #1,115 |
| 2008 | 33 | #905 |
| 2007 | 36 | #827 |
| 2006 | 24 | #1,034 |
| 2005 | 29 | #866 |
| 2004 | 22 | #1,010 |
| 2003 | 29 | #790 |
| 2002 | 28 | #750 |
| 2001 | 20 | #913 |
| 2000 | 24 | #785 |
| 1999 | 21 | #836 |
| 1998 | 31 | #637 |
| 1997 | 21 | #811 |
| 1996 | 32 | #575 |
How popular is Ruari in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the boys named Ruari in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ruari in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
Names like Ruari
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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