Ruaraidh was the #278 boys' name in Scotland in 2025 (13 babies).
Ruaraidh as a boy’s name
England & Wales
Scotland
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
England & Wales
Scotland
2025
—
#278 (13)
2024
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#330 (11)
2023
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#614 (4)
2022
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#472 (6)
2021
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#328 (11)
2020
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#350 (10)
2019
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#320 (11)
2018
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#595 (4)
2017
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#352 (10)
2016
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#268 (16)
2015
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#337 (10)
2014
—
#336 (11)
2013
—
#316 (12)
2012
—
#252 (17)
2011
#3,830 (4)
#364 (9)
The tide so far
Peaked in Scotland in 2025 at #278.
Rising over the last five years.
In the Scotland records since the data begins in 1974.
How common is it?
about 1 in 1,500 baby boys in the published Scotland list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.
Next year
On its recent trend, Ruaraidh is likely to keep falling in Scotland in 2026: about 1 in 1,700 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 600 to 1 in 5,100.