Ruqayya is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning “to rise.” In 2024 it was given to 23 girls in the United States.
Ruqayya belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “to rise” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Ruqayya first appears in Social Security records in 1996. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #5561 in 2024, and in 2024 23 babies received the name — 169 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Ruqayya means “to rise” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Ruqayya is a girl name. In 2024, 23 babies received the name in the US.
Ruqayya comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Ruqayya first appears in US records in 1996. Its best-ever ranking was #5561 in 2024, and 23 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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