Girls' name · since 1991
Rumer
Since 1991, U.S. Social Security records show 69 babies named Rumer, peaking in 1997. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #31,346 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 69
- born since 1991
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rumer is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 69 have been recorded since 1991.
Social Security Administration records show Rumer recorded 69 times among girls since 1991, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2024.
- #31,346 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 69 born since 1991
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rumer ranks #31,346 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 69 born since 1991, peaking in the 2010s.
- #31,346 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 69
- born since 1991
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rumer's 69 recorded births place it above 56.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rumer's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rumer's full recorded timeline at 2015, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2003, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rumer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2024
- Peak year (1997)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Rumer by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (28 births, 41% of the file).
2010s was Rumer's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Rumer births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
15 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
28 births
- 2020s
2020s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 28 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Rumer's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (28 total births) through the 2020s (15) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rumer: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~33 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1991–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Rumer draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.