Rumor
Girl · ROO-mer · English
Rumor is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “rumour, hearsay”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Rumor mean?
English: English word, US spelling of rumour
“rumour, hearsay”
The similar Rumer was borne by the English novelist Rumer Godden (1907-1998).
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Is Rumor a girl's or a boy's name?
Rumor is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rumor in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Rumor, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 10 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Rumor in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rumor in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
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