Rune

Boy · recorded 2001–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 3.1 to 1)

  • #1,778in 2025
  • 1 in 18,978boys in 2025
  • +359%last ten years

2025 was its biggest year ever, up 359% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 2001

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 25 recorded years as a table
Rune, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
20014
20029
20039
200411
20058
20068
20073
20085
20098
20109
20116
20129
20139
201410
201511
201610
201714
201820
201916
202020
202120
202237
202336
202448
202553

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Rune isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
90
Rank in 2025
#1,778
How rare
1 in 18,978 boys
Since 2001
713

Most popular in 2025, at 53 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 359% per million boys born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.