Rumi
Rumi was the 1283rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 175 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,678 places. More babies were named Rumi in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,283 girls, up 971 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 175girls
- Girls and boys
- 64% girls, 36% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2025175 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,624babies recorded
Rumi popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #1,283 | #1,931 | 175 | 81 |
| 2020 | #2,254 | #2,285 | 80 | 60 |
| 2010 | #16,568 | #8,017 | 6 | 10 |
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How popular is Rumi, counting every spelling?
Rumi has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #1,218 for girls in 2025, against #1,283 on the official list.
How many kids will share the name Rumi?
175 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Rumi (0.05 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Rumi 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 48 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Rumi.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Rumi?
About 900 people born in the US named Rumi are alive today, with a median age of 4; half are between 2 and 7. That makes Rumi 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.
Rumi by state
How common Rumi was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in California (2.8×), New York (1.7×). In 40 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Rumi
How popular is the name Rumi?
Rumi was the 1283rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 175 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,678 places. More babies were named Rumi in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Rumi a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 64% girls, 36% boys given the name Rumi in the US.
Where is Rumi most popular?
In 2021–2025, Rumi was most common in California (0.20 per 1,000 girls), followed by New York and Virginia.