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Rome

#452 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Rome has been given to 6,075 babies in the U.S. since 1882. In 2025 it ranked #452 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 695 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 92% boys, 8% girls all-time.

Babies named Rome, 2025

1 in 4,780

Rome over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060080018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Rome over time

In 2025, Rome went to 9% girls and 91% boys.

18822025

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.

Rome: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Rome means

Rome is a given name.

The naming story behind Rome

Wikidata records Rome as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q98557812, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,572 boys were recorded with the name Rome between 1882 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 695 in 2024; its best national rank was #451 in 2024.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #971 in 2020 to #452 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,413 in 2015 to #452 in 2025.

In the United States, 503 girls were recorded with the name Rome between 1971 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 66 in 2025; its best national rank was #2,640 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #4,424 in 2020 to #2,640 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #6,413 in 2015 to #2,640 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Rome?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 4,780
694 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 2,460
0.04% of boys
Rank, 2025
#452
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
3,312 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Rome sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 1002%
School of 50010%

Put another way: gather 3,312 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rome. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Romes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Rome was born before 2020 — so the typical Rome is around 5 today.

Median birth year
2020
About 5 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
52.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
84.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
5,245
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 52.4% of all recorded uses (2,921).

Is Rome 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
−1
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+519
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+961
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
5.69×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
99.9%
Peak was 2024 (695)
Years since peak
1
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
19.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#451
2024

Spellings of Rome

Rome is not the most common spelling — Jose is, with 19.7% against Rome's 0.19%.

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 Rome is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Rome was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 1,235 boys, against 1 in 4,590 across all states with data. It was least common in Arkansas (1 in 20,000).

581 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 1,235
  2. 2Hawaii1 in 1,961
  3. 3Louisiana1 in 2,381
  4. 4Nevada1 in 2,381
  5. 5Arizona1 in 2,564
  6. 6California1 in 3,704
  7. 7Florida1 in 3,704
  8. 8New Mexico1 in 3,846

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.

Geographically, Rome is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 63% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Rome is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Rome was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 563,286 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3New York1 in —
  4. 4Texas1 in —

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. Rome has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Rome around the world

Where Rome 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 & Wales
    1999–2025
    #233
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2021–2025
    #560
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2021–2024
    #655
    in 2024
  • France
    2008–2023
    #5,943
    in 2023
  • Canada
    2006–2024
    #503
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2006–2006
    #419
    in 2006

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Rome

People whose public names include Rome, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Rome in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Rome. Linked forms have their own page here.

RomRomiRomelRomenRomeoRomàRomeuRomãoRomesh

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Rome by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#452
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 519
Best rank ever
#451
2024
Peak year
2024
695 that year
First recorded
1882
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,572
Count in 2025
694

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,640
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,784
Best rank ever
#2,640
2025
Peak year
2025
66 that year
First recorded
1971
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
503
Count in 2025
66

Names similar to Rome

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

RomelRomieRomaRomeoRomeroRommelRomellRomeloRomelloRomyRomenRomuloRomeyRomirRomanRomiRomarioRomynRomaineRomarGeromeRomariShlomeRomon

Names with a curve like Rome

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Rome, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Rome

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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