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Ruaridh

100% boys · 18 born in 2025

Ruaridh has been registered 322 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 & Wales322
Born in 202518

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Ruaridh per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
England & WalesScotlandeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2017 · 21
  • Born in 202518
  • All time322
  • England & Wales, 202518

How popular is Ruaridh?

Ruaridh was given to 18 babies in England and Wales in 2025. Its best year was 2017, with 21 registrations. The name is absent from American records, so there is no US curve to compare it against.

Names that sound like Ruaridh

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

Middle names for Ruaridh

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

Sibling names for Ruaridh

Names registered alongside it, on a 30-year window
  1. Palomasister · 0.92
  2. Zakariyyabrother · 0.91
  3. Bennybrother · 0.91
  4. Alyasister · 0.91
  5. Emirbrother · 0.91
  6. Leonorasister · 0.91

In the British record

England and Wales, 1996–2025
  1. First recorded1996
  2. Peak year2017 · 21
  3. Years recorded28 of 30
  4. All time322

With a common surname

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

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.