girls:
66 births since 2006
#5650 (1st percentile)
boys:
776 births since 1967
#3811 (17th percentile)
overall:
842 births since 1967
#6897 (11th percentile)
The name Rui is the #6,897 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 842 recorded births since 1967. This represents the 10.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,811 (16.8% percentile) for all time with 776 births since 1967. For girls, it ranks #5,650 (1.1% percentile) for all time with 66 births since 2006.
Rui first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1967 (1967 for boys and 2006 for girls). Birth data for Rui is available in 52 out of the 57 years between 1967 and 2023 (52 years for boys and 9 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Rui has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 92.2% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 88.7% of babies named Rui were boys.
For boys, Rui reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 4.6% percentile (ranked #869) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 26 births per million (ranked 4.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Rui is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #869 (4.6% percentile) with 26 births per million.
For girls, Rui reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #951) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Rui ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 51.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rui".
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