NameTides

Rue

Rue was the #1,318 girls' name in the US in 2025 (169 babies), and #733 in England & Wales and #1,106 in Canada.

Rue as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Rue as a girl’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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandScotlandEngland & WalesIrelandCanadaUS
Rue as a girl’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.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 IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,318 (169)#733 (50)#474 (6)#397 (3)#718 (4)#1,106 (24)
2024#1,240 (188)#558 (70)#333 (10)—#898 (3)#1,710 (13)
2023#1,253 (184)#608 (62)#439 (7)—#856 (3)#2,203 (9)
2022#1,292 (183)#1,215 (27)#625 (4)——#1,415 (16)
2021#1,739 (118)#1,454 (21)#558 (5)——#1,778 (12)
2020#2,468 (70)#1,773 (16)#765 (3)———
2019#3,665 (41)#1,854 (15)————
2018#4,237 (33)#3,518 (6)———#2,892 (6)
2017#3,479 (44)#2,925 (8)————
2016#4,083 (36)#2,120 (13)————
2015#4,981 (27)#2,945 (8)————
2014#4,455 (32)#2,659 (9)————
2013#5,013 (27)#5,742 (3)————
2012#4,486 (32)—————
2011#8,614 (13)—————

Rue as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Rue as a boy’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.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Rue as a boy’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.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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
2025#7,679 (10)#1,466 (18)
2024#5,443 (17)#1,235 (22)
2023#6,897 (12)#1,175 (24)
2022#4,850 (20)#1,782 (13)
2021#6,335 (13)#3,017 (6)
2020#10,605 (6)#2,960 (6)
2019—#3,411 (5)
2018—#3,011 (6)
2017#10,775 (6)#3,996 (4)
2016—#3,478 (5)
2014#10,717 (6)—
1964#4,039 (5)—
1957#3,024 (8)—
1956#3,942 (5)—
1953#2,905 (8)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #1,240.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1896.
  • In 2025, 94% of US babies named Rue were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,500 baby girls 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
USGirls2025about 1 in 9,500uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 5,100uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 6,300uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 170,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 15,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Rue is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,700 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,400 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Rue by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #732WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #835MNIllinois: #1,405ILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: #1,654NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,438OHPennsylvania: #1,108PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,276CAUtah: #361UTColorado: #907CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #744KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #731MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #909AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,213GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: #1,685FL
Rue (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RueCanadaGirls#1,10624
RueEngland & WalesGirls#73350
RueEngland & WalesBoys#1,46618
RueIrelandGirls#7184
RueNorthern IrelandGirls#3973
RueNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
RueScotlandGirls#4746
RueUSGirls#1,318169
RueUSBoys#7,67910