Ruelle
Girl · roo-EL · French
Ruelle is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “little street, lane”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 3,711th for girls in the US (40 babies).
What does Ruelle mean?
French: French word ruelle
“little street, lane”
In 17th-century France, the ruelle, the space beside a hostess's bed, was where literary salons gathered.
- Say it
- roo-EL
Is Ruelle a girl's or a boy's name?
Ruelle is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 40 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ruelle in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Ruelle, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2022, with 5 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Ruelle in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
How popular is Ruelle in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,711among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 40about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 40 girls in the US were named Ruelle, making it the 3,711th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. It first appears in the records in 2020.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Ruelle of any year since it first appeared, in 2020.
Half of all the girls named Ruelle in the US since 1880 were born between 2024 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ruelle in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,711 |
| 2024 | 24 | #5,297 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
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