Ruqayya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- roo-KAY-ya
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #884 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,098 for girls
Ruqayya is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 884th for girls in the UK (43 babies) and 5,098th for girls in the US (25 babies).
What does Ruqayya mean?
Arabic: spelling of Ruqayyah
Ruqayyah was a daughter of the Prophet Muhammad and Khadija, and wife of the third caliph, Uthman.
Is Ruqayya a girl's or a boy's name?
Ruqayya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 43 girls in the UK and 25 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ruqayya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 884th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 43 about 1 in 6,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 161% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 43 girls in the UK were named Ruqayya, making it the 884th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,780th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 46 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ruqayya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 153 girls in the UK were given Ruqayya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #331, up from #884 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 834th in England and Wales.
Ruqayya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #884 |
| 2024 | 46 | #856 |
| 2023 | 31 | #1,151 |
| 2022 | 31 | #1,150 |
| 2021 | 22 | #1,491 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,780 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2017 | 21 | #1,597 |
| 2016 | 22 | #1,552 |
| 2015 | 27 | #1,317 |
| 2014 | 28 | #1,272 |
| 2013 | 27 | #1,324 |
| 2012 | 25 | #1,384 |
| 2011 | 21 | #1,518 |
| 2010 | 25 | #1,344 |
| 2009 | 13 | #2,037 |
| 2008 | 21 | #1,443 |
| 2007 | 11 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,860 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,521 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,722 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,553 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Ruqayya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,098th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25 about 1 in 64,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 229% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the US were named Ruqayya, making it the 5,098th most popular name for girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most girls named Ruqayya of any year since it first appeared, in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Ruqayya in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 75 girls in the US were given Ruqayya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,054, up from #5,098 for this spelling alone.
Ruqayya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,098 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
Names like Ruqayya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Abeeha, Nusaybah, Rahma, Rumaysa, Safiya, Hafsa, Safaa, Zainab, Sumayyah, Aaliyah, Hiba
Other spellings of Ruqayya
Names related to Ruqayya
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), 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, “Ruqayya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ruqayya, updated 20 October 2026.