Herein, a B5‐site‐rich Ru/MgAl2O4 nanocatalyst for the production of COx‐free hydrogen from ammonia (NH3) is synthesized using the polyol method. The polyol method enables size‐sensitive Ru‐nanoparticle growth and controlled B5‐site formation on the catalyst by tuning the carbon‐chain length of the polyol solvent used, obviating the use of a separate stabilizer and enhancing electron donation from Ru (with a high surface electron density) and π‐back bonding. The Ru/MgAl2O4 (BG) catalyst synthesized using butylene glycol (a long‐carbon‐chain solvent) contains 2.5 nm Ru particles uniformly dispersed on its surface and abundant B5 sites at (0 0 2)/(0 1 1). Moreover, the Ru/MgAl2O4 (BG) catalyst exhibits lower activation energy (48.9 kJ mol−1) and higher H2 formation rate (565–1,236 mmol gcat−1 h−1 at 350−450 °C and a weight hourly space velocity of 30,000 mL gcat−1 h−1) during the NH3 decomposition reaction than catalysts with a similar Ru particle size and high metal dispersion synthesized by the impregnation and deposition–precipitation methods. This high performance is possibly because the abundant electron‐donating B5 sites on the catalyst surface accelerate the recombination–desorption of N2, which is the rate‐determining step of the NH3 decomposition reaction at low temperatures. Thus, this study facilitates clean hydrogen production.