Rooney
#2,235 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Rooney has been given to 1,529 babies in the U.S. since 2011. In 2025 it ranked #2,235 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 101 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 56% girls, 44% boys all-time.
Babies named Rooney, 2025
1 in 39,900
Rooney over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Rooney over time
In 2025, Rooney went to 75% girls and 25% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Rooney?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 39,900
- 83 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 19,400
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #2,235
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 27,687 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Rooney sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 27,687 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rooney. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Rooneys were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Rooney was born before 2021 — so the typical Rooney is around 4 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2020s
- 59.7% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 100.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 858
- People you could plausibly meet
2020s — 59.7% of all recorded uses (512).
Is Rooney rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- −272
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +100
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +1,897
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 2.31×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 82.2%
- Peak was 2024 (101)
- Years since peak
- 1
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 38.4% average annual change
Spellings of Rooney
Rooney is not the most common spelling — Honey is, with 39.3% against Rooney's 7.1%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Rooney is used — girls
Across 2016–2025, Rooney was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 16,667 girls, against 1 in 32,429 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in 16,667
- 2Minnesota1 in 20,000
- 3Utah1 in 20,000
- 4Ohio1 in 25,000
- 5Michigan1 in 33,333
- 6Pennsylvania1 in 33,333
- 7Arizona1 in 50,000
- 8Illinois1 in 50,000
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.
Where Rooney is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Rooney was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 484,386 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Florida1 in —
- 3New York1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Rooney has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Rooney around the world
Where Rooney ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales2024–2025#5,927in 2025
- Canada2012–2024#1,615in 2024
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Rooney by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Rooney
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Rooney
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.