Ruqayyah

Ruqayyah

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Arabic

Meaning

Ruqayya is an Arabic female given name meaning "to rise”, or ”she who rises high”. Like most Arabic names, it has multiple transliterations: Ruqayyah, Ruqiya, Ruqaya, Ruqaiya, Rukayya, Rukaiya, Rukiya, Rakiya, Rakia, etc..

From Wikipedia

Ruqayyah first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 96 babies (rank #457 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Ruqayyah

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Ruqayyah yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

8Destiny numberThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
7PersonalityThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

1,011

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	10	#1,731
1997	15	#1,271
1998	25	#894
1999	27	#838
2000	27	#847
2001	30	#813
2002	41	#664
2003	33	#816
2004	48	#635
2005	31	#913
2006	55	#613
2007	55	#644
2008	58	#646
2009	52	#713
2010	74	#547
2011	38	#956
2012	63	#661
2013	77	#545
2014	72	#581
2015	84	#515
2016	96	#457

Year

Babies

Rank

1996

#1,731

1997

#1,271

1998

#894

1999

#838

2000

#847

2001

#813

2002

#664

2003

#816

2004

#635

2005

#913

2006

#613

2007

#644

2008

#646

2009

#713

2010

#547

2011

#956

2012

#661

2013

#545

2014

#581

2015

#515

2016

#457

Meaning

Numerology of Ruqayyah

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail