Rukia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- roo-KEE-a
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Rukia is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “rise, ascent”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Rukia mean?
Arabic: Swahili form of Ruqayya
“rise, ascent”
East African form of Ruqayya, the name of a daughter of the Prophet Muhammad.
Is Rukia a girl's or a boy's name?
Rukia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rukia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 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, 3 girls in the UK were named Rukia, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1997, with 6 girls.
2025 had more girls named Rukia than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Rukia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Rukia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Rukia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 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, 11 girls in the US were named Rukia, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the girls named Rukia in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rukia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
Names like Rukia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Minha Safa Rumaysa Abeeha Yumna Hafsa Nusaybah Liyana Ruqayyah Rahma Amira Humaira
Names related to Rukia
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
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, “Rukia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rukia, updated 20 October 2026.