Ruwayda
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- roo-WAY-da
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Ruwayda is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “gentle, unhurried”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Ruwayda mean?
Arabic: from ruwaydan 'gently, slowly'
“gentle, unhurried”
Is Ruwayda a girl's or a boy's name?
Ruwayda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ruwayda in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Ruwayda, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 19 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ruwayda in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Ruwayda in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 2008 | 12 | #2,156 |
| 2007 | 19 | #1,477 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,681 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
How popular is Ruwayda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 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, 15 girls in the US were named Ruwayda, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
2025 had more girls named Ruwayda than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Ruwayda in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ruwayda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
Names like Ruwayda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Abeeha Rahma Hafsa Rumaysa Aaliyah Hiba Ruqayyah Zainab Nusaybah Amira Khadija
Names related to Ruwayda
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
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, “Ruwayda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ruwayda, updated 20 October 2026.