Ruaridh
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Meaning
the Scottish Gaelic form of Ruaidhrí
How popular is Ruaridh around the world?
In the United States, Ruaridh is not on the Social Security record for 2020 to 2025: names under 5 in a year are withheld at source. In Scotland, 60 boys named Ruaridh were registered in 2024, the 85th most common name among boys that year.
Ruaridh is on the official records of Scotland and England and Wales.
United States
under 5 a year
In the United States, Ruaridh is not on the Social Security record for 2020 to 2025: names under 5 in a year are withheld at source.
Ruaridh appears in US Social Security baby-name records only in small numbers: never enough in any decade to draw a popularity curve.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Scotland
1 in 760
In Scotland, 60 boys named Ruaridh were registered in 2024, the 85th most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names
England and Wales
1 in 33,000
In England and Wales, 18 boys named Ruaridh were born in 2025, ranked 1,466th among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the South Australia record for 1944 to 2017: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
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