Ruqayyah first appears in the U.S. registration record in 1977. Its popularity climbed over the following decades. In 2016, 27 babies received the name (ranked #5103). Today it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #5702), with roughly 23 babies named Ruqayyah each year. Ruqayyah's usage has held roughly steady recently. In total, around 519 babies have been registered with this name since 1880.