Rumer

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 4 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
4
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4867
4 babies

Rumer by the numbers

In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Rumer.

Its American peak was 8 babies in 1997, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Rumer

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rumer. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Rydermounted warrior, cavalry soldier3,324 in the US (2017)
  • Riverflowing water; nature name3,114 in the US (2017)
  • Rubeeruby; modern spelling of ruby13 in the US (2017)
  • Romee38 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Romey29 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Remee14 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Rumer

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