Ruqiya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- roo-KEE-ya
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
Ruqiya is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Ruqiya mean?
Arabic: spelling of Ruqayya, common in Somali families
Ruqayyah was a daughter of the Prophet Muhammad and Khadija, and the wife of the third caliph, Uthman.
Is Ruqiya a girl's or a boy's name?
Ruqiya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ruqiya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Ruqiya, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2004, with 9 girls.
2025 had more girls named Ruqiya than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Ruqiya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Ruqiya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
Names like Ruqiya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safiya, Safia, Habiba, Humaira, Aaliyah, Safa, Afiya, Faiza, Aliya, Salma, Summer, Aaliya
Names related to Ruqiya
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, “Ruqiya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ruqiya, updated 20 October 2026.