Given name & surname
Rumor
“a falsity spread by word of mouth”
Rumor is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “a falsity spread by word of mouth.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “a falsity spread by word of mouth.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rumor through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 109
- 0 boys · 109 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,800 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −3%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,800 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rumor’s family of names
Rumor has a related form in Rumar. Rumor has a related form in Rumer. Rumor has a related form in Rumera.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Rumervariant
- Rumarvariant
- Rumyrvariant
- Rumirvariant
- Rumurvariant
- Rumeriavariant
- Rumoriavariant
- Rumeravariant
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