Ruchama
Girl · roo-KHAH-mah · Hebrew
Ruchama is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “shown mercy”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Ruchama mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew Ruhamah
“shown mercy”
In the Book of Hosea, the daughter called Lo-Ruhamah, 'not pitied', is promised the new name Ruhamah, 'pitied'.
- Say it
- roo-KHAH-mah
Is Ruchama a girl's or a boy's name?
Ruchama is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ruchama in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Ruchama, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 2020, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the girls named Ruchama in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ruchama in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
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