Rome

#2,607 for girls in 2025, 66 births · #452 for boys in 2025, 694 births
Given to boys 91.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
2024 · 695 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,572
since 1882

Rome over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202011girlsat peakboysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,60766#452694
2024#2,72263#450695
2023#2,78961#516574
2022#3,82739#654421
2021#3,93537#782315
2020#4,35831#969222
2019#4,34332#1,000209
2018#5,31524#1,094179
2017#5,19125#1,365130
2016#7,23016#1,279142
2015#6,23620#1,406122
2014#7,63615#1,362125
2013#9,61211#1,500108
2012#10,42910#1,68790
2011#10,37410#1,484109
2010#11,2469#1,95771
2009#13,7047#1,80982
2008#13,8327#1,87477
2007#13,9247#1,84878
2006#12,4208#2,15060
2005#2,08159
2004#2,37647
2003#3,62624
2002#2,94331
2001#2,98830
2000#3,92220
1999#3,48022
1998#3,19124
1997#3,60119
1996#5,9829
1995#4,79112
1994#5,8689
1993
1992#6,6707
1991#3,63616
1990#7,1786
1989#7,9055
1988#5,2008
1987#4,9688
1986#3,13115
1985#5,1477
1984#3,45912
1983#2,91215
1982#6,3855
1981#4,9617
1980#6,2505
1979#5,3556
1978#3,40011
1977#4,5827
1976#3,09512
1975#2,54016
1974#2,94612
1973#3,6948
1972#2,99111
1971#8,3245#2,20318
1970#1,79424
1969#1,68024
1968#2,9079
1967#3,5596
1966#2,7849
1965#3,5376
1964#2,31013
1963#3,3187
1962
1961#2,53811
1960#2,42312
1959#2,8219
1958#2,50611
1957
1956#2,49711
1955#2,04815
1954#2,9428
1953#3,4256
1952#2,07314
1951#1,97215
1950#2,5809
1949#3,2986
1948#2,7888
1947#2,6719
1946
1945#3,3385
1944#2,6338
1943#2,7328
1942
1941
1940
1939#3,4805
1938#3,1756
1937
1936
1935#2,7198
1934
1933#2,21411
1932#3,3616
1931#3,0957
1930
1929#2,58910
1928#2,38712
1927
1926#2,30213
1925#2,43512
1924#2,34713
1923#2,9509
1922#2,04016
1921#2,05916
1920#2,60211
1919#3,3917
1918#2,8829
1917#3,2177
1916#1,84916
1915#3,0827
1914#2,9156
1913
1912#2,2696
1911
1910
1909
1908#1,3735
1907
1906
1905
1904
1903
1902#1,1375
1901
1900#1,3105
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893#7059
1892#1,0665
1891
1890
1889
1888#64810
1887#9215
1886
1885#6419
1884#9715
1883#8925
1882#7547
1881
1880
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Rome! It came in at #754, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1886–1887, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Rome
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 2 spots since 2024 (#450#452)
  • 517 spots since 2020 (#969#452)
  • 954 spots since 2015 (#1,406#452)
  • Biggest jump: 361 spots in 1893 (#1,066#705)
  • Biggest drop: 138 spots in 1883 (#754#892)
Rise & fade · boys
142 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 2024 at #450 (695 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 14 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 2019–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,461
  • Highest: 1 in 2,461 boys born in 2025 were named Rome (0.04%)
  • Its best rank, #450 in 2024, was only 1 in 2,479 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 52.4% of all boys named Rome (2,921) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s41#641 (1885)#805
1890s14#705 (1893)#886
1900s15#1,137 (1902)#1,273
1910s58#1,849 (1916)#2,801
1920s112#2,040 (1922)#2,412
1930s43#2,214 (1933)#3,007
1940s44#2,633 (1944)#2,910
1950s98#1,972 (1951)#2,540
1960s97#1,680 (1969)#2,784
1970s125#1,794 (1970)#3,260
1980s87#2,912 (1983)#5,032
1990s124#3,191 (1998)#4,933
2000s508#1,809 (2009)#2,562
2010s1,285#1,000 (2019)#1,413
2020s2,921#450 (2024)#637

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Rome in 2011

girls
#10,374
10 births · 1 in 175,907 girls
boys
#1,484
109 births · 1 in 17,424 boys

Top girls' names in 2011

  1. #1Sophia21,863
  2. #2Isabella19,931
  3. #3Emma18,825
  4. #4Olivia17,335
  5. #5Ava15,518
  6. #6Emily14,277
  7. #7Abigail13,266
  8. #8Madison12,406
  9. #9Mia11,543
  10. #10Chloe11,007
  11. #10,374Rome10

Top boys' names in 2011

  1. #1Jacob20,403
  2. #2Mason19,530
  3. #3William17,362
  4. #4Jayden17,019
  5. #5Noah16,883
  6. #6Michael16,823
  7. #7Ethan16,702
  8. #8Alexander15,717
  9. #9Aiden15,520
  10. #10Daniel15,307
  11. #1,484Rome109
More about 2011

girls

1,759,066 girls got a published name in 2011; 1 in 175,907 of them was named Rome, which outranked 47.0% of the 19,590 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rome
  1. #9,723Zulma11
  2. #9,723Zuzu11
  3. #9,723Zyann11
  4. #10,374Rome10
  5. #10,374Aaliyana10
  6. #10,374Aamna10
  7. #10,374Aanvi10
  8. #11,181Aaira9
  9. #11,181Aala9
  10. #11,181Aamani9

Tied with 806 names at #10,374; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2010
Risers
  1. 814Milania#1,629#815
  2. 554Alianna#1,529#975
  3. 444Hattie#1,438#994
  4. 419Aviana#1,185#766
  5. 414Avianna#1,249#835
Fallers
  1. 1,131Allisson#796#1,927
  2. 350Shaniya#565#915
  3. 346Brisa#464#810
  4. 335Alexus#976#1,311
  5. 273Abigale#909#1,182

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,899,252 boys got a published name in 2011; 1 in 17,424 of them was named Rome, which outranked 89.7% of the 14,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rome
  1. #1,476Mac110
  2. #1,476Oziel110
  3. #1,476Rashawn110
  4. #1,484Rome109
  5. #1,484Alexandro109
  6. #1,484Athan109
  7. #1,484Atlas109
  8. #1,495Alistair108
  9. #1,495Ansh108
  10. #1,495Coltyn108

Tied with 10 names at #1,484; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2010
Risers
  1. 869Flynn#1,806#937
  2. 601Raylan#1,299#698
  3. 415Brantley#735#320
  4. 405Bowen#1,127#722
  5. 328Crosby#1,068#740
Fallers
  1. 336Jencarlos#928#1,264
  2. 308Keshawn#997#1,305
  3. 284Octavio#928#1,212
  4. 268Talan#976#1,244
  5. 242Antony#956#1,198

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2011