Ruqayyah
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..
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Ruqayyah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
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..
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Ruqayyah
Ruqayyah first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1977, with 10 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2016, when 27 Ruqayyahs were born — ranking #4,990 that year. As of 2026, Ruqayyah ranks #5,194 for baby girls with 25 births, gradually rising (+10%). In total, more than 568 Ruqayyahs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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About the name Ruqayyah
Ruqayyah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1977 and has accumulated 568 births in the dataset. Ruqayyah's peak popularity came in 2016 when it ranked #4,990. Use the chart and map above to compare Ruqayyah'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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