Ruba
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ROO-ba
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Ruba is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “hills”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Ruba mean?
Arabic: plural of rabwa 'hill'
“hills”
Is Ruba a girl's or a boy's name?
Ruba is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ruba in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Ruba, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ruba in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Ruba in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
How popular is Ruba in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,837th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Ruba, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 1996, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1919.
2025 had more girls named Ruba than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Ruba in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ruba in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,281 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,450 |
Names like Ruba
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Hiba, Rahma, Hafsa, Aaliyah, Huda, Ayah, Khadija, Ruqayyah, Safaa, Amira
Names related to Ruba
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ruba: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ruba, updated 20 October 2026.