Rome
#2,607 for girls in 2025, 66 births · #452 for boys in 2025, 694 births
Given to boys 91.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2024 · 695 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,572since 1882
Rome over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,607 | 66 | #452 | 694 |
| 2024 | #2,722 | 63 | #450 | 695 |
| 2023 | #2,789 | 61 | #516 | 574 |
| 2022 | #3,827 | 39 | #654 | 421 |
| 2021 | #3,935 | 37 | #782 | 315 |
| 2020 | #4,358 | 31 | #969 | 222 |
| 2019 | #4,343 | 32 | #1,000 | 209 |
| 2018 | #5,315 | 24 | #1,094 | 179 |
| 2017 | #5,191 | 25 | #1,365 | 130 |
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 | #1,279 | 142 |
| 2015 | #6,236 | 20 | #1,406 | 122 |
| 2014 | #7,636 | 15 | #1,362 | 125 |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 | #1,500 | 108 |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 | #1,687 | 90 |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 | #1,484 | 109 |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 | #1,957 | 71 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #1,809 | 82 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #1,874 | 77 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | #1,848 | 78 |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 | #2,150 | 60 |
| 2005 | — | #2,081 | 59 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,376 | 47 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,626 | 24 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,943 | 31 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,988 | 30 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,922 | 20 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,480 | 22 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,191 | 24 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,601 | 19 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,982 | 9 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,791 | 12 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,868 | 9 | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | #6,670 | 7 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,636 | 16 | |
| 1990 | — | #7,178 | 6 | |
| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,200 | 8 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,968 | 8 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,131 | 15 | |
| 1985 | — | #5,147 | 7 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,459 | 12 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,912 | 15 | |
| 1982 | — | #6,385 | 5 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,961 | 7 | |
| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
| 1979 | — | #5,355 | 6 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,400 | 11 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,582 | 7 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,095 | 12 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,540 | 16 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,946 | 12 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,694 | 8 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,991 | 11 | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #2,203 | 18 |
| 1970 | — | #1,794 | 24 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,680 | 24 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,907 | 9 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,784 | 9 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,310 | 13 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,318 | 7 | |
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | #2,538 | 11 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,423 | 12 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,821 | 9 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,506 | 11 | |
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | #2,497 | 11 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,048 | 15 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,942 | 8 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,425 | 6 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,073 | 14 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,972 | 15 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,580 | 9 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,298 | 6 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,788 | 8 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,671 | 9 | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | #3,338 | 5 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,633 | 8 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,732 | 8 | |
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | #3,480 | 5 | |
| 1938 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #2,719 | 8 | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | #2,214 | 11 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,361 | 6 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | #2,589 | 10 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,387 | 12 | |
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | #2,302 | 13 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,435 | 12 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,347 | 13 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,950 | 9 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,040 | 16 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,059 | 16 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,602 | 11 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,391 | 7 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,882 | 9 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,217 | 7 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,849 | 16 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,082 | 7 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,915 | 6 | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | #2,269 | 6 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #705 | 9 | |
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #648 | 10 | |
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #641 | 9 | |
| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
| 1883 | — | #892 | 5 | |
| 1882 | — | #754 | 7 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 2024 at #450 (695 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 2019–2025
- 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
- 52.4% of all boys named Rome (2,921) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 41 | #641 (1885) | #805 |
| 1890s | 14 | #705 (1893) | #886 |
| 1900s | 15 | #1,137 (1902) | #1,273 |
| 1910s | 58 | #1,849 (1916) | #2,801 |
| 1920s | 112 | #2,040 (1922) | #2,412 |
| 1930s | 43 | #2,214 (1933) | #3,007 |
| 1940s | 44 | #2,633 (1944) | #2,910 |
| 1950s | 98 | #1,972 (1951) | #2,540 |
| 1960s | 97 | #1,680 (1969) | #2,784 |
| 1970s | 125 | #1,794 (1970) | #3,260 |
| 1980s | 87 | #2,912 (1983) | #5,032 |
| 1990s | 124 | #3,191 (1998) | #4,933 |
| 2000s | 508 | #1,809 (2009) | #2,562 |
| 2010s | 1,285 | #1,000 (2019) | #1,413 |
| 2020s | 2,921 | #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 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 176,105 of them was named Rome, which outranked 46.6% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #9,711Zuzu11
- #9,711Zyann11
- #9,711Zyion11
- #10,429Rome10
- #10,429Aailyah10
- #10,429Aaira10
- #10,429Aaleeyah10
- #11,257Aalani9
- #11,257Aaliyan9
- #11,257Aaniya9
Tied with 827 names at #10,429; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 21,077 of them was named Rome, which outranked 88.2% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,676Kabir91
- #1,676Kyrin91
- #1,676Xavion91
- #1,687Rome90
- #1,687Arley90
- #1,687Braelyn90
- #1,687Cal90
- #1,697Antwon89
- #1,697Breckin89
- #1,697Bryar89
Tied with 9 names at #1,687; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.