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How popular is the name Runa?

Births per year, rank history and how many Runas are alive today.

Runa (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 1892nd in 2025 and given to 15 babies. The name peaked in 2022, when 22 babies were given the name, the 1416th most popular that year.

The Runa you are most likely to meet is around 3 years old. Half of all Runas born in England and Wales are between 4 and 22, and there are at least 210 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Runa - on average, only one in every 1,500 such rooms contains a Runa.

How many babies are named Runa each year?

01020200020201996: 41997: 41998: 42001: 42009: 42014: 32015: 32016: 112017: 122018: 112019: 112020: 132021: 102022: 222023: 142024: 112025: 15actual

Where does Runa rank among girls' names?

1101001,00010,000200020201996: ranked 3,1261997: ranked 3,1741998: ranked 3,1422001: ranked 3,2622009: ranked 4,5642014: ranked 5,6912015: ranked 5,7302016: ranked 2,3672017: ranked 2,2012018: ranked 2,3402019: ranked 2,2862020: ranked 2,0422021: ranked 2,4992022: ranked 1,4162023: ranked 1,9592024: ranked 2,4122025: ranked 1,892

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Runa per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 22 in 2022
Runa: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Runa most popular?

Runa peaked in 2022, when 22 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Runa?

At least 210 people named Runa born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Runa?

Most living Runas are between 4 and 22; the most common age is about 3.

Is Runa becoming more or less popular?

Broadly steady in recent years.






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