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Ruairidh

100% boys · 11 born in 2025

Ruairidh has been registered 184 times in England and Wales since 1996. It does not appear in the American record, which publishes only names given to five or more babies in a year.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables2
Nicknames—
Recorded in England & Wales184
Born in 202511

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Ruairidh per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
England & WalesScotlandeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1996 · 14
  • Born in 202511
  • All time184
  • England & Wales, 202511

How popular is Ruairidh?

Ruairidh was given to 11 babies in England and Wales in 2025. Its best year was 1996, with 14 registrations. The name is absent from American records, so there is no US curve to compare it against.

Names that sound like Ruairidh

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Not enough close matches

Middle names for Ruairidh

Ranked by flow score
  1. Ruairidh Paul0.77
  2. Ruairidh John0.77
  3. Ruairidh Lee0.77
  4. Ruairidh Dean0.76
  5. Ruairidh Blake0.76
  6. Ruairidh Bryce0.76

Sibling names for Ruairidh

Names registered alongside it, on a 30-year window
  1. Hakeembrother · 0.86
  2. Leonorasister · 0.85
  3. Palomasister · 0.85
  4. Sidrasister · 0.84
  5. Blaireither · 0.84
  6. Kareembrother · 0.83

In the British record

England and Wales, 1996–2025
  1. First recorded1996
  2. Peak year1996 · 14
  3. Years recorded25 of 30
  4. All time184

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Ruairidh Anderson0.77
  2. Ruairidh Nguyen0.72
  3. Ruairidh Moore0.72
  4. Ruairidh Lee0.72
  5. Ruairidh Green0.72
  6. Ruairidh Brown0.72

How to read these numbers

Every score on this page is explained
  1. Phonetic similarity0–1
  2. Middle-name flow0–1
  3. Sibling fit0–1
  4. Living population estimatemethod
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Sources for Ruairidh

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. England & Wales1996–2025
  2. Scotland1974–2020

Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names for England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scores on this page are explained in the methodology.