Romulo

#9,531 in 2025Boys' name

Legendary founder of Rome

Romulo has been given to 842 babies in the U.S. since 1912. In 2025 it ranked #9,531 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1993, with 18 recorded.

Babies named Romulo, 2025

1 in 414,000

Romulo over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Romulo: meaning, origin, and history

Legendary founder of Rome

Spanish

What Romulo means

Romulo means “legendary founder of Rome”, associated with Rōmulus.

Origin, language, and formation

Romulo is used in Cebuano and Tagalog. Its origins include Spanish.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Tagalog, Romulo is pronounced /ˈɾomulo/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 842 boys were recorded with the name Romulo between 1912 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 18 in 1993; its best national rank was #2,195 in 1966.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,393 in 2020 to #9,531 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #10,398 in 2015 to #9,531 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.

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How common is Romulo?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 414,000; 8 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 213,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #9,531; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 287,238 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Romulo 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 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Romulo. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Romulos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Romulo was born before 1981 — so the typical Romulo is around 44 today.

Median birth year: 1981; About 44 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 14.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 24.9%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 692; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 14.5% of all recorded uses (122).

Is Romulo 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: +157; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: −2,138; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: +867; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.14×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 44.4%; Peak was 1993 (18)
Years since peak: 32; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 24.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,195; 1966

Spellings of Romulo

Romulo is not the most common spelling — Romeo is, with 70.9% against Romulo's 2.2%.

Romeo70.9%26,864
Romel6.6%2,486
Romello6.1%2,306
Romero4.9%1,844
Romell3.9%1,484
Romelo3.0%1,127
Rollo2.5%949
Romulo2.2%842

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 Romulo is used

Across 1910–2025, Romulo was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 268,415 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Texas1 in 100,000
2California1 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. Romulo has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Romulo by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #9,531
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 2,138
Best rank ever: #2,195; 1966
Peak year: 1993; 18 that year
First recorded: 1912
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 842
Count in 2025: 8

Names similar to Romulo

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

Romelo Romell Rommel Romero Romaine Romario Romari Romen Romulus Romani Romie Rommie Romey Romain Romir Romello Romel Roma Romyn Saulo Romar Romano Romney Romolo

Sibling names for Romulo

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

For a sister

Kia Jacquelynn Breonna Shelbi Shelbie Salena Kacy Ciera

For a brother

Coty Brandan Trever Mitchel Elizabeth Bradly Derrell Jarod

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