Ruqayyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- roo-KAY-ya
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #531 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,264 for girls
Ruqayyah is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 531st for girls in the UK (82 babies) and 4,264th for girls in the US (33 babies).
What does Ruqayyah mean?
Arabic
Ruqayyah was a daughter of the Prophet Muhammad and Khadija, and wife of the third caliph, Uthman.
Is Ruqayyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Ruqayyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 82 girls in the UK and 33 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ruqayyah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #531among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 82about 1 in 3,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 82 girls in the UK were named Ruqayyah, making it the 531st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 478th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 96 girls.
2025 had more girls named Ruqayyah than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Ruqayyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 153 girls in the UK were given Ruqayyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #331, up from #531 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 483rd in England and Wales.
Ruqayyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 82 | #531 |
| 2024 | 69 | #612 |
| 2023 | 72 | #578 |
| 2022 | 77 | #555 |
| 2021 | 59 | #698 |
| 2020 | 92 | #478 |
| 2019 | 75 | #584 |
| 2018 | 77 | #585 |
| 2017 | 82 | #577 |
| 2016 | 96 | #497 |
| 2015 | 85 | #551 |
| 2014 | 73 | #618 |
| 2013 | 79 | #576 |
| 2012 | 64 | #699 |
| 2011 | 38 | #997 |
| 2010 | 75 | #583 |
| 2009 | 52 | #762 |
| 2008 | 58 | #694 |
| 2007 | 55 | #688 |
| 2006 | 57 | #638 |
| 2005 | 31 | #943 |
| 2004 | 48 | #670 |
| 2003 | 33 | #863 |
| 2002 | 41 | #700 |
| 2001 | 31 | #832 |
| 2000 | 27 | #898 |
| 1999 | 27 | #893 |
| 1998 | 25 | #955 |
| 1997 | 16 | #1,278 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,741 |
How popular is Ruqayyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,264among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 33about 1 in 49,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 33 girls in the US were named Ruqayyah, making it the 4,264th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. It first appears in the records in 1977.
2025 had the most girls named Ruqayyah of any year since it first appeared, in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Ruqayyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 75 girls in the US were given Ruqayyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,054, up from #4,264 for this spelling alone.
Ruqayyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #4,264 |
| 2024 | 25 | #5,145 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,169 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,304 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 27 | #4,989 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
Names like Ruqayyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sumayyah Aaliyah Safa Nusaybah Zainab Rahma Ayah Safiya Hafsa Abeeha Hiba Aaminah
Other spellings of Ruqayyah
Names related to Ruqayyah
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, “Ruqayyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ruqayyah, updated 20 October 2026.