Ruhi

Ruhi was the #2,099 girls' name in the US in 2025 (89 babies), and #1,315 in England & Wales and #1,065 in Canada.

Ruhi as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Ruhi as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Ruhi as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
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.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#2,099 (89)#1,315 (24)#1,065 (25)
2024#1,870 (107)#1,036 (33)#875 (32)
2023#2,336 (78)#1,087 (31)#1,369 (17)
2022#2,319 (80)#1,023 (33)#1,550 (14)
2021#2,327 (78)#1,128 (30)#1,335 (18)
2020#1,830 (107)#1,267 (25)#1,193 (20)
2019#2,217 (83)#1,153 (29)#1,283 (19)
2018#2,869 (58)#1,314 (25)#1,639 (13)
2017#2,401 (75)#1,258 (27)#2,179 (9)
2016#2,667 (65)#1,241 (27)#1,280 (19)
2015#2,351 (78)#1,324 (25)#1,363 (17)
2014#2,781 (62)#1,628 (18)#3,316 (5)
2013#4,543 (31)#5,742 (3)—
2012#5,114 (27)#3,285 (7)—
2011#5,207 (26)#4,049 (5)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #1,830.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1989.

How common is it?

about 1 in 18,000 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 18,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Ruhi is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 16,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 13,000 to 1 in 20,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ruhi by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,113ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #846NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,491CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,437NCSouth 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: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,790TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Ruhi (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#64419

Ruhi (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RuhiCanadaGirls#1,06525
RuhiEngland & WalesGirls#1,31524
RuhiNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
RuhiUSGirls#2,09989