Rune is a distinctive choice, ranked #1124 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Rune in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#1124
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About the Name Rune
Rune is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 649 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #1609 in 2022 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 1999.
Rune is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Rune in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Rune
Holger Rune — Holger Vitus Nødskov Rune is a Danish professional tennis player.
Rune Schrøder — Rune Schrøder is a Danish handball player for Cesson Rennes MHB.
Rune Glifberg — Rune Glifberg, nicknamed "The Danish Destroyer", is a Danish professional skateboarder.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Rune
Unlikely. With around 26 UK babies named Rune per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Rune in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Rune is at its highest recorded position — #1,124 in 2025, with 26 births. In 2020 it ranked #2,228.
Rune is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Rune include: Holger Rune, Rune Schrøder and Rune Glifberg. Short summaries for each appear below.
Rune does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Runes in the wild.
26
UK babies named Rune (2025)
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Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↑ 1104 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Rune
Almost certainly the only Rune in the class
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UK Popularity (1999–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Rune
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Rune Klakegg is a Norwegian jazz pianist and composer, the older brother of guitarist Bjørn Klakegg, and known from a number of recordings and jazz bands including Oslo 13, Cutting Edge, Fuzzy Logic, Out to Lunch and Søyr.
Rune Elmqvist was a Swedish physician turned engineer who developed the first implantable pacemaker in 1958, working under the direction of Åke Senning, senior physician and cardiac surgeon at the Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Sweden.