# Ruairi (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ruairi/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Irish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 301 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 289 / 12 (4% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,185, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | 14,930 |
| 2025 | 6 | 14,595 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 11,979 |
| 2012 | 8 | 9,538 |
| 2013 | 6 | 11,873 |
| 2014 | 9 | 8,656 |
| 2015 | 14 | 6,244 |
| 2016 | 11 | 7,509 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8,701 |
| 2018 | 9 | 8,693 |
| 2019 | 13 | 6,704 |
| 2020 | 20 | 4,831 |
| 2021 | 17 | 5,511 |
| 2022 | 21 | 4,818 |
| 2023 | 10 | 8,144 |
| 2024 | 14 | 6,412 |
| 2025 | 17 | 5,570 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 25 | 1,045 |
| 2012 | 27 | 1,021 |
| 2013 | 30 | 954 |
| 2014 | 35 | 854 |
| 2015 | 37 | 833 |
| 2016 | 38 | 833 |
| 2017 | 66 | 574 |
| 2018 | 67 | 557 |
| 2019 | 71 | 535 |
| 2020 | 70 | 535 |
| 2021 | 80 | 496 |
| 2022 | 68 | 559 |
| 2023 | 80 | 494 |
| 2024 | 70 | 545 |
| 2025 | 77 | 497 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.