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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202024girlsat peakboysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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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?
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  • 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 2024

girls
#2,722
63 births · 1 in 25,717 girls
boys
#450
695 births · 1 in 2,479 boys

Top girls' names in 2024

  1. #1Olivia14,772
  2. #2Emma13,524
  3. #3Amelia12,786
  4. #4Charlotte12,597
  5. #5Mia12,149
  6. #6Sophia12,126
  7. #7Isabella10,810
  8. #8Evelyn9,146
  9. #9Ava8,700
  10. #10Sofia8,113
  11. #2,722Rome63

Top boys' names in 2024

  1. #1Liam22,252
  2. #2Noah20,409
  3. #3Oliver15,396
  4. #4Theodore12,069
  5. #5James11,856
  6. #6Henry11,596
  7. #7Mateo11,349
  8. #8Elijah11,238
  9. #9Lucas10,743
  10. #10William10,647
  11. #450Rome695
More about 2024

girls

1,620,190 girls got a published name in 2024; 1 in 25,717 of them was named Rome, which outranked 84.6% of the 17,726 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rome
  1. #2,694Suttyn64
  2. #2,694Wylie64
  3. #2,694Yulissa64
  4. #2,722Rome63
  5. #2,722Acacia63
  6. #2,722Annistyn63
  7. #2,722Arha63
  8. #2,749Aaralyn62
  9. #2,749Aleida62
  10. #2,749Alyanna62

Tied with 26 names at #2,722; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2023
Risers
  1. 756Ailany#857#101
  2. 439Aylani#1,001#562
  3. 426Marjorie#1,248#822
  4. 414Scottie#616#202
  5. 365Elodie#737#372
Fallers
  1. 605Emryn#887#1,492
  2. 307Zhuri#862#1,169
  3. 301Layne#974#1,275
  4. 273Alitzel#876#1,149
  5. 267Aleyna#964#1,231

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

boys

1,722,888 boys got a published name in 2024; 1 in 2,479 of them was named Rome, which outranked 96.9% of the 14,294 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rome
  1. #446Zayne708
  2. #448Raiden705
  3. #449Isaias704
  4. #450Rome695
  5. #450Francis695
  6. #452Bo692
  7. #452Valentino692
  8. #454Damon690

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2023
Risers
  1. 9,833Truce#10,821#988
  2. 1,201Colsen#1,832#631
  3. 616Bryer#1,485#869
  4. 470Halo#1,458#988
  5. 348Azaiah#1,230#882
Fallers
  1. 397Khari#827#1,224
  2. 309Karsyn#977#1,286
  3. 256Kye#940#1,196
  4. 225Kole#971#1,196
  5. 224Khai#723#947

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

See the top 100 for 2024