Roo
Roo is a fictional character created in 1926 by A. A. Milne and first featured in the book Winnie-the-Pooh. He is a young kangaroo and his mother is Kanga. Like most other Pooh characters, Roo is based on a stuffed toy animal that belonged to Milne's son, Christopher Robin Milne. However, he was lost in the 1930s in an apple orchard somewhere in Sussex.
Meaning & Origin of Roo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Roo is a fictional character created in 1926 by A. A. Milne and first featured in the book Winnie-the-Pooh. He is a young kangaroo and his mother is Kanga. Like most other Pooh characters, Roo is based on a stuffed toy animal that belonged to Milne's son, Christopher Robin Milne. However, he was lost in the 1930s in an apple orchard somewhere in Sussex.
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The Story of Roo
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Roo as a girl name dates back to 2020, when 5 babies received it. 2022 was its biggest year on record, with 8 newborns named Roo — #11,223 in the national rankings. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2024 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 26 Roos have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2020s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
Roo first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 2024, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2024: 5 births, good for #12,301 nationwide. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2024 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 5 Roos have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2020s through the 2020s.
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About the name Roo
Roo is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2020 and has accumulated 26 births in the dataset. Roo's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #11,223. Use the chart and map above to compare Roo's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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