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Ruby-Rae

Gender
Girl
Say it
ROO-bee-RAY
Origin
Modern
UK rank, 2025
#4,276 for girls

Ruby-Rae is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).

What does Ruby-Rae mean?

Modern: combination of Ruby and Rae

Pairs the gem name Ruby with Rae, which can be a short form of Rachel or a feminine form of Ray.

Is Ruby-Rae a girl's or a boy's name?

Ruby-Rae is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Ruby-Rae in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#4,276among girls
Babies in 2025
5about 1 in 56,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling fastdown 69% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Ruby-Rae, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,389th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 24 girls.

Half of all the girls named Ruby-Rae in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.

2006Busiest: 24 in 20182025
Ruby-Rae in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20255#4,276
20244#4,907
202312#2,329
202219#1,667
202124#1,393
202024#1,389
201919#1,651
201824#1,420
201720#1,647
201615#2,015
20156#3,777
201412#2,320
201311#2,454
20128#3,148
201110#2,582
201012#2,234
20095#4,141
20087#3,203
20073#5,415
20065#3,724

Nicknames for Ruby-Rae

Names like Ruby-Rae

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

More Modern names

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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, “Ruby-Rae: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ruby-rae, updated 20 October 2026.