Rue
22
Babies in 2024
—
10-year change
2023
Peak · 24
-8%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Rue
Rue is a relative newcomer in UK boys' names — first appearing in ONS records for England & Wales in 2016. In 2024, 22 boys were registered with the name.
Rue reached its peak in 2023, when 24 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #1,175 for UK boys that year. It has only been on UK records for a relatively short stretch.
Across 9 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 91 boys have been officially registered with the name Rue in England & Wales. Rue first appears on the published list in 2016 at #3,478.