Roo — #14950 US unisex name
26 babies named Roo in U.S. Social Security records since 2020, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 15% of names given to girls today.
100% of everyone ever named Roo was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Roo in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Roo
The Social Security Administration has registered 26 babies named Roo between 2020 and 2024, spanning 5 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Roo currently holds the #14950 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Roo is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 2024.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Roo performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Roo in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 26 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Roo at a glance
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Current rank
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Roo popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2020
- Peak year (2022)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 5 years of records
Currently ranks #14950 among girls.
26 total births across 5 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 8 births in a single year.
Roo popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 2024 (Roo as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Roo accounts for 16% of total recorded use across both genders.
Roo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 26 births that decade — 100% of Roo's all-time total
Roo decade highlights
- Peak decade 26 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Roo's strongest decade
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2020–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.