# Rui (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rui/  
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 | Japanese |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 972 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 887 / 85 (9% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 463, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 5 | 19,455 |
| 2009 | 5 | 19,640 |
| 2013 | 5 | 18,772 |
| 2016 | 5 | 18,351 |
| 2019 | 11 | 9,629 |
| 2020 | 7 | 13,217 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10,178 |
| 2022 | 12 | 8,955 |
| 2023 | 6 | 14,859 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10,943 |
| 2025 | 10 | 9,981 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 27 | 3,873 |
| 2012 | 10 | 8,026 |
| 2013 | 18 | 5,131 |
| 2014 | 19 | 5,025 |
| 2015 | 19 | 5,020 |
| 2016 | 18 | 5,282 |
| 2017 | 13 | 6,600 |
| 2018 | 18 | 5,271 |
| 2019 | 21 | 4,774 |
| 2020 | 30 | 3,637 |
| 2021 | 34 | 3,411 |
| 2022 | 42 | 2,988 |
| 2023 | 47 | 2,764 |
| 2024 | 62 | 2,307 |
| 2025 | 49 | 2,672 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3 | 3,900 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 | 1,342 |
| 2012 | 18 | 1,367 |
| 2013 | 20 | 1,247 |
| 2014 | 18 | 1,370 |
| 2015 | 17 | 1,442 |
| 2016 | 13 | 1,804 |
| 2017 | 13 | 1,812 |
| 2018 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2019 | 16 | 1,506 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,228 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,448 |
| 2022 | 22 | 1,224 |
| 2023 | 25 | 1,139 |
| 2024 | 18 | 1,460 |
| 2025 | 18 | 1,466 |

## People named Rui

- Hai Rui, Chinese politician (1514-1587)
- Li Rui, Chinese politician (1917–2019)
- Rui Campos, Brazilian footballer (1922–2002)
- Rui Modesto, Angolan footballer
- Rui da Gracia Gomes, association football player
- Liang Rui, Chinese racewalker
- Wang Rui, Chinese female curler
- Rui Andrade, Angolan racing driver
- Rui Pires, association football player
- Rui Costa, Brazilian politician
- Rui Gomes, association football player
- Rui Nascimento, Brazilian volleyball player

## 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.