Rune
Rune was the 1789th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 90 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,732 places. More babies were named Rune in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,789 boys, up 1,542 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 90boys
- Girls and boys
- 22% girls, 78% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202590 babies
- Total since 1880
- 861babies recorded
Rune popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,734 | #1,789 | 29 | 90 |
| 2020 | #7,505 | #3,331 | 15 | 34 |
| 2010 | — | #5,426 | — | 17 |
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How popular is Rune, counting every spelling?
Rune has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Rune?
90 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Rune (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Rune 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 93 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Rune.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Rune?
About 700 people born in the US named Rune are alive today, with a median age of 6; half are between 3 and 13. That makes Rune 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.
Rune by state
How common Rune was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 43 states fewer than five boys 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 Rune
How popular is the name Rune?
Rune was the 1789th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 90 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,732 places. More babies were named Rune in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Rune a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 22% girls, 78% boys given the name Rune in the US.
Where is Rune most popular?
In 2021–2025, Rune was most common in Washington (0.08 per 1,000 boys), followed by Oregon and Oklahoma.