NameTides

Ruairi

Ruairi was the #5,399 boys' name in the US in 2025 (17 babies), and #497 in England & Wales.

Ruairi as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Ruairi as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandIrelandScotlandEngland & WalesUS
Ruairi as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. In Ireland, the line follows the most-used spelling each year: Ruairi to 2017, Ruairí from 2018. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#5,399 (17)#497 (77)#163 (27)#38 (50)#67 (85)—
2024#6,199 (14)#545 (70)#138 (35)#61 (42)#98 (57)—
2023#7,738 (10)#494 (80)#145 (33)#88 (28)#92 (64)—
2022#4,701 (21)#559 (68)#203 (21)#84 (32)#133 (45)—
2021#5,338 (17)#496 (80)#168 (28)#82 (36)#126 (51)#2,812 (5)
2020#4,698 (20)#535 (70)#168 (27)#88 (33)#77 (82)—
2019#6,406 (13)#535 (71)#179 (29)#76 (42)#87 (78)—
2018#8,154 (9)#557 (67)#240 (18)#87 (32)#114 (58)#2,740 (5)
2017#8,140 (9)#574 (66)#304 (13)#75 (41)#96 (77)—
2016#7,157 (11)#833 (38)#268 (16)#86 (38)#123 (54)—
2015#5,999 (14)#833 (37)#389 (8)#117 (26)#98 (73)#2,139 (7)
2014#8,130 (9)#854 (35)#276 (15)#75 (42)#93 (84)#2,667 (5)
2013#10,728 (6)#954 (30)#316 (12)#97 (33)#92 (81)—
2012#8,864 (8)#1,021 (27)#318 (11)#74 (46)#81 (99)—
2011#10,808 (6)#1,045 (25)#261 (15)#131 (22)#94 (86)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #4,698.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1988.

How common is it?

about 1 in 100,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 100,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,500uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 730common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 170very common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 280common

Next year

On its recent trend, Ruairi is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 130,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 70,000 to 1 in 230,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RuairiCanadaBoys—too few
RuairiEngland & WalesGirls#4,8674
RuairiEngland & WalesBoys#49777
RuairíIrelandBoys#6785
RuairiIrelandBoys—too few
RuairiNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
RuairiNorthern IrelandBoys#3850
RuairίNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
RuairiScotlandBoys#16327
RuairiUSGirls#13,2086
RuairiUSBoys#5,39917