Rune

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Peak · boys
#1,778
2025 · 90 births
Debut · boys
2001
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
713
since 2001

Rune over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

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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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Yeargirlsboys
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.

Where Rune is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedNHWashington: #801 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,685 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedINOhio: #1,111 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,756 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,829 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 21,934 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedWVVirginia: #875 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,322 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #698 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,536 boysOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedHITexas: #2,080 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 25,007 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Rune, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Oklahoma#698 · 1 in 3,536
  2. Washington#801 · 1 in 4,685
  3. Virginia#875 · 1 in 5,322
  4. Ohio#1,111 · 1 in 8,756
  5. California#1,829 · 1 in 21,934

Best ever in a state: #605 in Oregon, 2024.

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Oklahoma#69851 in 3,536
Washington#80171 in 4,685
Virginia#87571 in 5,322
Ohio#1,11161 in 8,756
California#1,82981 in 21,934
Texas#2,08071 in 25,007
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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See more about Rune
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 1,496 spots since 2020 (#3,274 → #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
all girlsall boys
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.

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