Rooney
A unisex name of Irish origin, meaning descendent of Ruanaidh; red-haired.
Babies a year
64
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5137
3 babies
Rooney by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Rooney. In the US, 64 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 44 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rooney. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean red
Like Rooney, each of these has red in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Scarlettdeep red; a dyer of cloth7,679 in the US (2017)
- Rowanlittle red one; the rowan tree1,398 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rubydeep red gemstone1,032 in England and Wales (2025)
- Roryred king1,760 in England and Wales (2025)
- Reidred; ruddy-complexioned1,286 in the US (2017)
- Reedred-haired or one who lives by reeds872 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Rooney
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