Rune

#4,661 for girls in 2025, 29 births · #1,778 for boys in 2025, 90 births
Given to boys 82.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
2025 · 90 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
713
since 2001

Rune over time

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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,66129#1,77890
2024#5,96220#1,92182
2023#6,16919#2,27762
2022#6,70717#2,21765
2021#10,2929#3,29735
2020#7,21215#3,27434
2019#10,4739#3,71629
2018#11,4278#3,10637
2017#4,10525
2016#4,94319
2015#13,0067#4,40722
2014#16,5135#4,70220
2013#16,5475#5,17117
2012#5,03518
2011#16,7645#6,57812
2010#5,25117
2009#5,55416
2008#7,69810
2007#9,7887
2006#5,07217
2005#5,27815
2004#4,12921
2003#4,42618
2002#4,50217
2001#7,5368
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First appearance
2001

The first year at least five boys were named Rune! It came in at #7,536, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2007–2008, when fewer than 11 boys a year got the name.

See more about Rune
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 143 spots since 2024 (#1,921#1,778)
  • 1,496 spots since 2020 (#3,274#1,778)
  • 2,629 spots since 2015 (#4,407#1,778)
Rise & fade · boys
24 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 2001
  • Peaked 2025 at #1,778 (90 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 18,979
  • Highest: 1 in 18,979 boys born in 2025 were named Rune (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 51.6% of all boys named Rune (368) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
2000s129#4,129 (2004)#5,998
2010s216#3,106 (2018)#4,701
2020s368#1,778 (2025)#2,461

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Rune in 2025

girls
#4,661
29 births · 1 in 55,423 girls
boys
#1,778
90 births · 1 in 18,979 boys

Top girls' names in 2025

  1. #1Olivia13,544
  2. #2Charlotte13,400
  3. #3Emma12,754
  4. #4Amelia12,699
  5. #5Sophia12,561
  6. #6Mia11,078
  7. #7Isabella10,666
  8. #8Evelyn9,123
  9. #9Sofia8,252
  10. #10Eliana8,191
  11. #4,661Rune29

Top boys' names in 2025

  1. #1Liam20,818
  2. #2Noah20,358
  3. #3Oliver14,939
  4. #4Theodore13,355
  5. #5Henry12,020
  6. #6James11,945
  7. #7Elijah11,111
  8. #8Mateo11,045
  9. #9William10,545
  10. #10Lucas10,219
  11. #1,778Rune90
More about 2025

girls

1,607,267 girls got a published name in 2025; 1 in 55,423 of them was named Rune, which outranked 73.1% of the 17,297 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880).

Ranked beside Rune
  1. #4,546Westlyn30
  2. #4,546Zoelle30
  3. #4,546Zuriel30
  4. #4,661Rune29
  5. #4,661Adalaya29
  6. #4,661Adriella29
  7. #4,661Ahava29
  8. #4,758Adamaris28
  9. #4,758Adelita28
  10. #4,758Adelle28

Tied with 96 names at #4,661; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2024
Risers
  1. 1,390Klarity#2,178#788
  2. 1,211Rynlee#1,966#755
  3. 963Ailanny#1,895#932
  4. 928Naylani#1,823#895
  5. 861Madisson#1,180#319
Fallers
  1. 353Aubrie#999#1,352
  2. 307Cattleya#904#1,211
  3. 272Jaycee#878#1,150
  4. 248Zendaya#938#1,186
  5. 233Novalee#742#975

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,708,076 boys got a published name in 2025; 1 in 18,979 of them was named Rune, which outranked 87.2% of the 13,930 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880).

Ranked beside Rune
  1. #1,771Malcom91
  2. #1,771Riggins91
  3. #1,771Suleiman91
  4. #1,778Rune90
  5. #1,778Braydon90
  6. #1,778Edrick90
  7. #1,778Elon90
  8. #1,793Asael89
  9. #1,793Auden89
  10. #1,793Don89

Tied with 14 names at #1,778; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2024
Risers
  1. 1,096Kasai#1,735#639
  2. 1,089Akari#1,631#542
  3. 787Eziah#1,397#610
  4. 772Jasai#1,211#439
  5. 648Neithan#1,371#723
Fallers
  1. 265Karim#819#1,084
  2. 235Khaza#961#1,196
  3. 231Landen#813#1,044
  4. 229Khai#947#1,176
  5. 227Seven#891#1,118

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2025