Rune Popularity by Year
Follow Rune across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Rune birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 90 | #1,778 | Up 143 places |
| 2025 | Girls | 29 | #4,661 | Up 1,301 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 82 | #1,921 | Up 356 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 20 | #5,962 | Up 207 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 62 | #2,277 | Down 60 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 19 | #6,169 | Up 538 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 65 | #2,217 | Up 1,080 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 17 | #6,707 | Up 3,585 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 35 | #3,297 | Down 23 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 9 | #10,292 | Down 3,080 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 34 | #3,274 | Up 442 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 15 | #7,212 | Up 3,261 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 29 | #3,716 | Down 610 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 9 | #10,473 | Up 954 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 37 | #3,106 | Up 999 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 8 | #11,427 | Up 1,579 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 25 | #4,105 | Up 838 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 19 | #4,943 | Down 536 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 22 | #4,407 | Up 295 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 7 | #13,006 | Up 3,507 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 20 | #4,702 | Up 469 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 5 | #16,513 | Up 34 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 17 | #5,171 | Down 136 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 5 | #16,547 | Up 217 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 18 | #5,035 | Up 1,543 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 12 | #6,578 | Down 1,327 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 5 | #16,764 | — |
| 2010 | Boys | 17 | #5,251 | Up 303 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 16 | #5,554 | Up 2,144 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 10 | #7,698 | Up 2,090 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 7 | #9,788 | Down 4,716 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 17 | #5,072 | Up 206 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 15 | #5,278 | Down 1,149 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 21 | #4,129 | Up 297 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 18 | #4,426 | Up 76 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 17 | #4,502 | Up 3,034 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 8 | #7,536 | — |