Names That Start With Ru
These names that start with ru come from US birth records: 176 girl names and 125 boy names begin with Ru, each given to at least five babies in a year. The most used come first, then names popular in 2017, rare picks and 832 last names starting with Ru.
- Girl names
- 176
- Boy names
- 125
- Top girl name
- Ruth
- Top boy name
- Russell
Most popular names that start with Ru
Number of babies given each name since 1880.
Top girl names
- Ruth 823,577
- Ruby 348,077
- Ruthie 20,672
- Rubi 7,438
- Rubye 6,944
- Ruthann 6,893
- Rubie 4,918
- Rutha 2,798
- Ruthanne 2,557
- Ruthe 1,949
- Rufina 1,003
- Ruthy 852
- Ruthanna 733
- Rut 712
- Rubbie 682
- Ruhi 653
- Ruther 601
- Rue 579
- Rubina 568
- Ruie 470
- Ruba 428
- Ruchi 373
- Rubby 365
- Ruqayyah 360
- Rusti 350
- Ruta 310
- Rudine 307
- Rukiya 282
- Ruchy 270
- Ruchel 269
Top boy names
- Russell 352,885
- Ruben 111,190
- Rudolph 53,188
- Rudy 47,820
- Rufus 35,856
- Rusty 17,509
- Russel 16,408
- Rubin 6,915
- Russ 5,996
- Rupert 5,406
- Rueben 4,662
- Ruby 3,010
- Rudolf 2,902
- Ruth 2,779
- Rush 2,524
- Rustin 2,487
- Rudolfo 2,259
- Ruel 1,845
- Rufino 1,579
- Ruger 1,407
- Rulon 1,037
- Ruperto 1,017
- Rudra 824
- Rumaldo 776
- Rudi 698
- Rutherford 676
- Ruffus 674
- Ruston 664
- Rube 612
- Rui 584
Ru names popular right now
In the 2017 top 1,000, with rank.
- Ruby #79 girl
- Ruth #265 girl
- Russell #403 boy
- Ruben #416 boy
- Rudy #872 boy
- Ruger #1141 boy
- Rubi #1384 girl
- Rudra #1586 boy
- Ruthie #1591 girl
- Rush #1794 boy
- Ruhi #2388 girl
- Rustin #2783 boy
- Rudolph #2933 boy
- Rufus #3228 boy
- Rusty #3410 boy
- Rumi #3410 boy
- Rue #3458 girl
- Russel #3563 boy
- Ruston #3758 boy
- Rupert #3864 boy
- Rueben #3864 boy
- Rudransh #3864 boy
- Ruthann #3901 girl
- Rubie #3976 girl
Unique names that start with Ru
- Ruger
- Rudra
- Rush
- Ruhi
- Rustin
- Rut
- Rushil
- Rue
- Ruchy
- Ruslan
- Ruvim
- Rune
- Ruqayyah
- Rui
- Ruston
- Ruthanne
- Rutledge
- Rufino
- Ruba
- Ruchel
- Ruchama
- Rubina
- Ruthanna
- Ruel
- Rudi
- Ruthy
- Rudolfo
- Rushi
- Ruperto
- Rulon
Last names that start with Ru
- Russell
- Ruiz
- Russo
- Rush
- Rubio
- Rutherford
- Rutledge
- Rucker
- Rubin
- Rudolph
- Rushing
- Russ
- Ruth
- Ruffin
- Ruff
- Rudd
- Rust
- Rupp
- Runyon
- Ruggiero
- Ruby
- Ruelas
- Rupert
- Ruvalcaba
- Rudy
- Rutter
- Rutkowski
- Rubino
- Rueda
- Ruble
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Questions people ask
What girl names start with Ru?
Ruth, Ruby, Ruthie, Rubi, Rubye, Ruthann, Rubie, Rutha are the most used.
What boy names start with Ru?
Russell, Ruben, Rudolph, Rudy, Rufus, Rusty, Russel, Rubin are the most used.
What are unique names that start with Ru?
Ruger, Rudra, Rush, Ruhi, Rustin, Rut.
Source: US Social Security baby name records, 1880 to 2017; last names from the US Census surname list.