Rune Boy & girl
How popular is Rune?
#1,778 boy name in 2025
90 baby boys were named Rune in the US in 2025, making it the 1778th most popular boy name. Another 29 girls got the name (#4,660 for girls).
Rune popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,778 for boys (▲ 143 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 90 boys, 29 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+309% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,405 in 2015, #3,272 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (90 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,778 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 2001 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 79% boys, 21% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Rune counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Rune family of names ranked #1,442 for boys in 2025 (#1,623 the year before), with 100 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Rune | 90 | 90% |
| Ruhn | 10 | 10% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Rune is most popular
Babies named Rune per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Washington: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 boys)
- Oregon: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Oklahoma: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Ohio: 0.0 per 1,000 (12 boys)
- Virginia: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 boys)
Rune by decade
Boy names about as popular as Rune
Questions
- Is Rune a boy or girl name?
- Rune is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 79% of babies named Rune were boys and 21% were girls.
- How popular is the name Rune?
- 90 baby boys were named Rune in the US in 2025, making it the 1778th most popular boy name. Another 29 girls got the name (#4,660 for girls).
- When was Rune most popular?
- Rune peaked in 2025, when 90 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,778 in 2025.
- How many people are named Rune?
- 861 babies have been named Rune in the US since 1880. We estimate about 856 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 6.
- Where is Rune most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Rune was most common in Washington, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.