Rooney
Rooney was the 2235th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 83 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1963rd with 101 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,898 places. More babies were named Rooney in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,235 girls, up 100 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 83girls
- Girls and boys
- 76% girls, 24% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2024101 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,529babies recorded
Rooney popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,235 | #3,927 | 83 | 28 |
| 2020 | #2,335 | #4,395 | 76 | 23 |
| 2010 | — | #3,228 | — | 35 |
| 2000 | — | — | — | — |
| 1990 | — | #9,239 | — | 5 |
| 1980 | — | — | — | — |
| 1970 | — | #3,771 | — | 8 |
| 1960 | — | — | — | — |
| 1950 | — | #4,115 | — | 5 |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Rooney, counting every spelling?
Rooney is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,471 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,235 for Rooney on its own. Together these spellings went to 128 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rooney | 83 | #2,235 | 436 |
| Ronni | 45 | #3,443 | 171 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Rooney?
83 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Rooney (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Rooney born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 101 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Rooney.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Rooney?
About 900 people born in the US named Rooney are alive today, with a median age of 5; half are between 3 and 9. That makes Rooney a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Rooney by state
How common Rooney was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 40 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Rooney: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Rooney, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Rooney
How popular is the name Rooney?
Rooney was the 2235th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 83 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1963rd with 101 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,898 places. More babies were named Rooney in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Rooney a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 76% girls, 24% boys given the name Rooney in the US.
Where is Rooney most popular?
In 2021–2025, Rooney was most common in Minnesota (0.10 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and Michigan.