Ruchama

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ɹətʃɑmə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Ruchama is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • NLNetherlands1 in 150K(measured from records)
  • ILIsrael≈1 in 315K
  • USUnited States1 in 1.1M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

292 people, 2020

Sources
71 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 150K (inferred from the name graph)

Netherlands

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ruchama counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Ruchama is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States2921 in 1.1M290Ruchama71
NL Netherlands1151 in 150K115Ruchama8
IL Israel≈28 est.≈1 in 315K—Ruchama10
GB United Kingdom≈10 est.≈1 in 6.8M—Ruchama18
DE Germany≈7 est.≈1 in 12M—Ruchama8
CL Chile≈3 est.≈1 in 7M1——

292 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Ruchama is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hebrew given name12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel, United States, Morocco, Qatar

    Languages: Hebrew, English, Swahili

    Also written רוחמה, Ruhama, Ruhamah, Rouchama, Ruḥamah

31 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1920194019601980Ruchama Marton, b. 1937Ruhama Albag, b. 1960Ruhama Abraham, b. 1964Ruchama Noorda, b. 1979
  • Ruchama Martonb. 1937ILIsraeli psychiatrist
  • Ruhama Albagb. 1960ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli lecturer and researcher of Hebrew literature
  • Ruhama Abrahamb. 1964ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli politician
  • Ruchama Noordab. 1979NLDutch sculptor (1979–2024)
  • Ruhama EvenUSnot in their usual nameIsraeli professor of mathematics education

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Ruchama,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 9 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Ruchama
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020290#30,018
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—115#5,100
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—48#12,139
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202018—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202315—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201915—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201415—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201315—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201714—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201813—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)200813—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)200213—

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Ruchama?
A machine transcription gives /ɹətʃɑmə/ (IPA) for English.
Is Ruchama a male or female name?
Ruchama is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Ruchama have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 292 people named Ruchama, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ruchama.
Where is Ruchama most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Ruchama is densest in the Netherlands — about 1 in 150 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Ruchama?
In the United States, the national register counted 292 people named Ruchama in 2020, about 1 in 1.1 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ruchama”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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