Romeo

#301 for boys in 2025, 1,129 births

Peak · boys
#283
2024 · 1,191 births
Debut · boys
1880
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
26,864
since 1880

Romeo over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Romeo has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972boysat peak
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#3011,129
2024#2831,191
2023#2921,132
2022#3231,045
2021#350928
2020#377820
2019#346972
2018#341981
2017#358924
2016#365908
2015#380852
2014#341972
2013#337955
2012#322980
2011#360835
2010#357850
2009#411718
2008#464596
2007#499528
2006#572436
2005#610369
2004#602356
2003#639322
2002#566388
2001#510444
2000#606318
1999#682247
1998#602307
1997#636265
1996#974130
1995#1,126103
1994#1,24487
1993#1,13898
1992#1,30175
1991#1,21683
1990#1,026106
1989#1,03799
1988#99495
1987#1,04084
1986#1,14468
1985#96390
1984#1,12365
1983#1,27552
1982#1,09669
1981#1,29451
1980#1,05573
1979#1,13762
1978#1,24052
1977#1,15857
1976#1,14456
1975#1,14654
1974#94275
1973#1,00664
1972#1,06058
1971#1,10954
1970#94072
1969#1,02756
1968#1,06848
1967#1,01851
1966#1,11644
1965#1,16342
1964#1,12646
1963#97160
1962#95363
1961#1,12149
1960#1,19343
1959#1,26538
1958#1,16344
1957#1,23440
1956#1,03253
1955#1,07549
1954#1,04551
1953#99952
1952#1,13642
1951#1,27933
1950#1,00648
1949#98550
1948#97251
1947#88662
1946#1,06042
1945#1,10335
1944#1,00442
1943#98047
1942#97047
1941#89850
1940#90449
1939#99241
1938#76464
1937#79360
1936#86150
1935#73170
1934#82258
1933#79959
1932#81262
1931#77565
1930#610101
1929#63992
1928#64294
1927#78670
1926#64895
1925#621102
1924#594114
1923#596112
1922#629105
1921#609108
1920#619104
1919#568111
1918#564115
1917#544115
1916#524118
1915#58395
1914#53983
1913#57358
1912#58448
1911#50634
1910#59823
1909#61519
1908#55321
1907#63416
1906#67413
1905#8369
1904#61214
1903#55016
1902#61513
1901#7798
1900#9688
1899#7868
1898#57314
1897#7878
1896#9826
1895—
1894#8577
1893#1,0355
1892#64111
1891—
1890#8147
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1880#6828
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Romeo was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1881–1889, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Romeo
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 18 spots since 2024 (#283 → #301)
  • 76 spots since 2020 (#377 → #301)
  • 79 spots since 2015 (#380 → #301)
  • Biggest jump: 338 spots in 1997 (#974 → #636)
  • Biggest drop: 394 spots in 1893 (#641 → #1,035)
Rise & fade · boys
144 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2024 at #283 (1,191 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 92 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 92 yrs · run 1896–1943
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,447
  • Highest: 1 in 1,447 boys born in 2024 were named Romeo (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,513 boys born in 2025 (0.07%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 34.4% of all boys named Romeo (9,229) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s8#682 (1880)#682
1890s66#573 (1898)#809
1900s137#550 (1903)#684
1910s800#506 (1911)#558
1920s996#594 (1924)#638
1930s630#610 (1930)#796
1940s475#886 (1947)#976
1950s450#999 (1953)#1,123
1960s502#953 (1962)#1,076
1970s604#940 (1970)#1,088
1980s746#963 (1985)#1,102
1990s1,501#602 (1998)#995
2000s4,475#411 (2009)#548
2010s9,229#322 (2012)#351
2020s6,245#283 (2024)#321

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.

Romeo in 1972

boys
#1,060
58 births · 1 in 27,959 boys

Top boys' names in 1972

  1. #1Michael71,393
  2. #2Christopher52,172
  3. #3James47,063
  4. #4David46,322
  5. #5John43,158
  6. #6Robert43,013
  7. #7Jason37,423
  8. #8Brian36,306
  9. #9William30,510
  10. #10Matthew22,928
  11. #1,060Romeo58
More about 1972

boys

1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 27,959 of them was named Romeo, which outranked 81.6% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Romeo
  1. #1,050Moshe59
  2. #1,050Royal59
  3. #1,050Zachery59
  4. #1,060Romeo58
  5. #1,060Ahmad58
  6. #1,060Burke58
  7. #1,060Burt58
  8. #1,069Brennan57
  9. #1,069Chip57
  10. #1,069Cordell57

Tied with 8 names at #1,060; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,755Demond#3,146 → #391
  2. ↑ 1,286Cade#2,279 → #993
  3. ↑ 905Vidal#1,526 → #621
  4. ↑ 855Damond#1,784 → #929
  5. ↑ 849Kareem#1,254 → #405
Fallers
  1. ↓ 413Rich#914 → #1,327
  2. ↓ 401Monroe#947 → #1,348
  3. ↓ 317Laura#990 → #1,307
  4. ↓ 309Von#976 → #1,285
  5. ↓ 309Westley#998 → #1,307

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

See the top 100 for 1972 →