Given name & surname · also Italian
Rua
Rua is a surname from Italian, ultimately from Galician. It is used in English and Italian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Rua comes from Italian, and ultimately from Galician.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rua through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 73
- 0 boys · 73 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #7,081 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,081 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 143 as a first name in 2020; 1,382 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
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