girls:
99 births since 2011
#5617 (2nd percentile)
boys:
541 births since 2001
#4045 (12th percentile)
overall:
640 births since 2001
#7099 (8th percentile)
The name Rune is the #7,099 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 640 recorded births since 2001. This represents the 8.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,045 (11.7% percentile) for all time with 541 births since 2001. For girls, it ranks #5,617 (1.7% percentile) for all time with 99 births since 2011.
Rune first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2001 (2001 for boys and 2011 for girls).
The name Rune has been given predominantly to boys, with 84.5% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 76.5% of babies named Rune were boys.
For boys, Rune reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 6.5% percentile (ranked #864) with 35 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 35 births per million (ranked 6.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2011, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Rune is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #854 (6.3% percentile) with 34 births per million.
For girls, Rune reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #933) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Rune is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #933 (1.5% percentile) with 11 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rune".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Rune is pronounced as ruen, which has 1 syllables.
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