girls:
72 births since 2003
#5644 (1st percentile)
overall:
72 births since 2003
#7667 (1st percentile)
The name Ruya is the #7,667 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 72 recorded births since 2003. This represents the 0.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,644 (1.2% percentile) for all time with 72 births since 2003.
Ruya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2003 (first recorded for girls in 2003). Birth data for Ruya is available in 10 out of the 21 years between 2003 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Ruya reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #941) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Ruya is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #941 (0.6% percentile) with 6 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ruya".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Ruya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 97.2% confident that Ruya is pronounced as RUE-yuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is RUE-uh, at 2.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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