Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Rui*

#4,897 most common boys' name of all time · #12,095 across all names · 91% male / 9% female · used 1967–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#4,897
Rank overall
#12,095 of 105,966
First appeared
1967
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
972
Since 2016
404
Peak year
2024 #2,296
Best rank
#2,123 1971
Girls Boys peak 71/yr
198020002020

Rui first appears in 1967. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 10 49 59 #2,655
2024 9 62 71 #2,296
2023 6 47 53 #2,748
2022 12 42 54 #2,976
2021 10 34 44 #3,383
2020 7 30 37 #3,599
2019 11 21 32 #4,693
2018 — 18 18 #5,160
2017 — 13 13 #6,424
2016 5 18 23 #5,185
2015 — 19 19 #4,940
2014 — 19 19 #4,926
2013 5 18 23 #5,043
2012 — 10 10 #7,707
2011 — 27 27 #3,827
2010 — 13 13 #6,457
2009 5 9 14 #8,468
2008 — 24 24 #4,191
2007 — 19 19 #4,856
2006 5 18 23 #4,934
2005 — 9 9 #7,839
2004 — 7 7 #9,198
2003 — 12 12 #5,995
2002 — 10 10 #6,679
2001 — 8 8 #7,758
2000 — 7 7 #8,453
1999 — 5 5 #10,322
1998 — 9 9 #6,484
1997 — 12 12 #5,079
1996 — 9 9 #6,165
1995 — 7 7 #7,263
1992 — 8 8 #6,344
1991 — 9 9 #5,691
1990 — 9 9 #5,568
1989 — 5 5 #8,375
1988 — 10 10 #4,606
1987 — 8 8 #5,228
1986 — 12 12 #3,787
1985 — 7 7 #5,478
1984 — 15 15 #3,061
1983 — 16 16 #2,878
1982 — 8 8 #4,843
1981 — 9 9 #4,375
1980 — 15 15 #3,057
1979 — 15 15 #2,983
1978 — 19 19 #2,452
1977 — 17 17 #2,649
1976 — 13 13 #3,051
1975 — 21 21 #2,195
1974 — 21 21 #2,124
1973 — 7 7 #4,375
1972 — 13 13 #2,806
1971 — 20 20 #2,123
1967 — 5 5 #4,537