Rumer
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ROO-mer
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Rumer is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Rumer mean?
English: English surname
Novelist Rumer Godden (1907-1998), author of Black Narcissus, made it known as a first name.
Is Rumer a girl's or a boy's name?
Rumer is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rumer in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Rumer, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Rumer in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Rumer in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
Names like Rumer
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayah Summer Rahma Safa Zainab Rehmat Hafsa Rahaf Ruqayyah Hiba Nusaybah Safaa
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rumer: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rumer, updated 20 October 2026.