Ruqaiyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- roo-KYE-yah
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
Ruqaiyah is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies).
What does Ruqaiyah mean?
Arabic: variant of Ruqayyah
Ruqayyah was a daughter of the Prophet Muhammad and wife of Uthman, the third caliph.
Is Ruqaiyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Ruqaiyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ruqaiyah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Ruqaiyah, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ruqaiyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were given Ruqaiyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,538, up from #3,101 for this spelling alone.
- Ruqaiya 9
- Ruqaiyah 8
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Ruqaiyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,900 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 11 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,764 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 16 | #1,325 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,593 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,770 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
Names like Ruqaiyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sumayyah, Rufaidah, Aakifah, Azeemah, Umamah, Aafiyah, Habiba, Hibah, Umaymah, Aaliyah, Nusaybah, Rahaf
Other spellings of Ruqaiyah
Names related to Ruqaiyah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, 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) 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, “Ruqaiyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ruqaiyah, updated 20 October 2026.