Ruari
Rory is a given name of Gaelic origin. It is an anglicisation of the Irish: Ruairí/Ruaidhrí and Scottish Gaelic: Ruairidh/Ruaraidh and is common to the Irish, Highland Scots and their diasporas. The meaning of the name is "red king", composed of ruadh ("red") and rígh ("king").
Meaning & Origin of Ruari
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Rory is a given name of Gaelic origin. It is an anglicisation of the Irish: Ruairí/Ruaidhrí and Scottish Gaelic: Ruairidh/Ruaraidh and is common to the Irish, Highland Scots and their diasporas. The meaning of the name is "red king", composed of ruadh ("red") and rígh ("king").
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Origin & history
The Story of Ruari
As a girl name
Ruari first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 2004, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2016: 16 births, good for #7,227 nationwide. About 59% of every Ruari on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Ruari last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 133 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Ruari on the record books as a boy name in 2003, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2015, when 14 Ruaris were born — ranking #5,997 that year. About 62% of every Ruari on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Ruari last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 117 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Ruari
Ruari is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2004 and has accumulated 133 births in the dataset. Ruari's peak popularity came in 2016 when it ranked #7,227. Use the chart and map above to compare Ruari's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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