Rune

“Secret” — Old Norse origin

Boy's name · #1789 in the US (2025) · Trending

Rune is climbing: on the charts since 2001, it reached #1789 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 90 boys given the name last year. Roughly 710 have carried it all-time.

Around the world: about 1 in 1,600 boys in Belgium (2025) · about 1 in 1,900 boys in Sweden (2025) · about 1 in 10,000 boys in England & Wales (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 4 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Runes

Rune Jarstein — Norwegian association football player
Rune Bratseth — Norwegian association football player
Rune Dahmke — German handball player
Rune Larsson — Swedish hurdler (1924–2016)
Rune Carlsson — Swedish footballer (1909-1943)

In stories & tradition

Rune Haako — Star Wars Legends

What Runes become

Among 541 notable people named Rune:

Sports figures appear 1.46× more often than among typical names — e.g. Rune Jarstein, Norwegian association football player.

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