How rare is the name Rui?

7,036 people in the United States have the first name Rui, about 1 in 42,927. It ranks #3,120 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

RUI

#3,120

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,036
About
1 in 42,927
This common or more
81.7%
Who bears it

Of the 7,036 people named Rui, 71% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 24% as White and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino. 57.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Rui peaked in 2024, when 71 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19672025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
71
In 2025*
59 ▼17%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 972 babies have been given the name since 1967. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Rui by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #5,413. The largest share of babies named Rui, 47.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1960s#17,2535
1970s#6,536146
1980s#9,738105
1990s#16,23968
2000s#13,457133
2010s#10,752197
2020s#5,413318
Generation X 1965–8017.1%
Millennials 1981–9613.6%
Generation Z 1997–1221.5%
2013 and later47.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Rui

#3,118 Kenley · 7,050#3,119 Roxann · 7,041#3,121 Jaliyah · 7,034#3,122 Foster · 7,033

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rui, most common first.

#12,211 Ru · 1,026#12,216 Ruhi · 1,025#14,395 Rue · 819#27,176 Ruy · 338#42,346 Ruie · 170#42,480 Ruo · 169#46,524 Rua · 143

Also a last name

As a last name, Rui ranks #40,492 of 156,621, with 583 people. See Rui as a last name

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