Ruqaiyah
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning to rise; to ascend.
Babies a year
8
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3035
8 babies
Ruqaiyah by the numbers
In 2025, 8 babies in England and Wales were named Ruqaiyah. In the US, 6 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 9 babies in 2003, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ruqaiyah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ruqayyahrising; ascension82 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ruqaiyarising; ascending; a companion of Muhammad9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ruqayahascending, climbing5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ruqayyaascending; rising43 in England and Wales (2025)
- Raiyahfragrant or spring garden; a form of raya4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ruqayaascending; rising; a form of Ruqayya12 in England and Wales (2025)
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