NameTides

Ruari

Ruari was the #2,440 boys' name in England & Wales in 2025 (9 babies).

Ruari as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
Ruari as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandEngland & Wales
Ruari as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIreland
2025—#2,440 (9)#400 (8)——
2024#12,349 (5)#1,859 (13)#290 (13)——
2023#12,239 (5)#1,701 (14)#304 (12)——
2022—#1,782 (13)#472 (6)——
2021—#1,448 (17)#273 (15)——
2020#10,605 (6)#1,492 (16)#476 (6)——
2019#10,803 (6)#1,439 (17)#296 (12)——
2018#8,154 (9)#919 (32)#310 (12)——
2017#8,840 (8)#931 (33)—#363 (4)—
2016#8,146 (9)#1,704 (14)#331 (11)—#601 (4)
2015#5,999 (14)#1,673 (14)#426 (7)——
2014#7,048 (11)#1,421 (17)#302 (13)——
2013#9,655 (7)#1,539 (15)#240 (18)—#422 (8)
2012#8,864 (8)#1,430 (17)#261 (16)#311 (5)#430 (8)
2011—#1,600 (14)#325 (11)—#540 (5)

Ruari as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Ruari as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.0218801900192019401960198020002020
Ruari as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.021880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & Wales
2022#12,243 (7)—
2021—#5,581 (3)
2018#13,793 (6)—
2017#12,713 (7)—
2016#7,230 (16)—
2015#10,148 (10)—
2014#16,513 (5)—
2013#13,150 (7)—
2012#13,483 (7)—
2011#10,374 (10)—
2010#10,451 (10)—
2009#12,429 (8)—
2008#12,579 (8)—
2007#8,520 (14)—
2006#8,715 (13)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in England & Wales in 2017 at #931.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the England & Wales records since the data begins in 1996.
  • In 2018, 40% of US babies named Ruari were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 30,000 baby boys in the published England & Wales 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
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 30,000rare
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Ruari is likely to hold steady in England & Wales in 2026: about 1 in 30,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 23,000 to 1 in 39,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.