Meaning not yet researched.
Romeo: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,129 in 2025. Its best rank was #283 in 2024.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #283 in 2024; #302 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Romeo in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#302 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2024, at #283.
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Romeo: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,129 boys in 2025. Peak: #283 in 2024 · most boys in one year: 1,191 (2024).
In 2025, 1,129 US boys were named Romeo, making it the 302nd most common boys’ name of the year, down 19 places from #283 in 2024. That is 62 fewer than the 1,191 boys named Romeo in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #283, reached in 2024. That year also had the most boys given the name: 1,191. For comparison, it was #380 in 2015 and #1,019 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Romeo in 135 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 8 babies. In all, 26,864 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 9,229 babies named Romeo.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 10,030 US boys were named Romeo; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 1,191. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,513 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Romeo ranked highest in New Mexico in 2025, at #145 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Rome (6,075 babies since 1880), Romello (2,306 babies since 1880), Romy (3,533 babies since 1880) and Romi (1,948 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Romie, Romelo and Romey are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Romie (2,415), Romelo (1,127), Romey (558), Romio (54), Rommy (45), Romya (33), Romia (21), Romii (9), Romeh (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Romeo in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 15 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 14 | #145 | #229 |
| California | 225 | #178 | #278 |
| Nevada | 16 | #199 | #213 |
| Texas | 196 | #199 | #249 |
| Arizona | 40 | #212 | #207 |
| Illinois | 54 | #222 | #348 |
| Rhode Island | 5 | #229 | — |
| Oklahoma | 21 | #231 | #562 |
| Connecticut | 15 | #233 | #438 |
| Washington | 32 | #245 | #294 |
| Florida | 84 | #246 | #337 |
| Oregon | 17 | #257 | #334 |
| Colorado | 23 | #289 | #259 |
| Kansas | 13 | #295 | #386 |
| Idaho | 9 | #296 | — |
| New York | 51 | #346 | #482 |
| Utah | 14 | #347 | #671 |
| Wisconsin | 16 | #353 | #477 |
| New Jersey | 23 | #362 | #652 |
| Indiana | 21 | #366 | #434 |
| Minnesota | 15 | #388 | #498 |
| North Carolina | 28 | #404 | #522 |
| Michigan | 21 | #418 | #552 |
| Pennsylvania | 25 | #423 | #611 |
| Massachusetts | 12 | #432 | #378 |
| Arkansas | 8 | #434 | — |
| Iowa | 8 | #440 | #631 |
| Maryland | 11 | #469 | #519 |
| Georgia | 21 | #514 | #535 |
| Louisiana | 9 | #524 | — |
| Virginia | 14 | #554 | #865 |
| Missouri | 10 | #588 | #809 |
| Ohio | 13 | #705 | #588 |
| Alabama | 6 | #750 | #557 |
| Kentucky | 5 | #794 | — |
| Tennessee | 8 | #828 | #813 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 1,129 | #302 |
| 2024 | — | — | 1,191 | #283 |
| 2023 | — | — | 1,132 | #292 |
| 2022 | — | — | 1,045 | #324 |
| 2021 | — | — | 928 | #351 |
| 2020 | — | — | 820 | #378 |
| 2019 | — | — | 972 | #347 |
| 2018 | — | — | 981 | #342 |
| 2017 | — | — | 924 | #358 |
| 2016 | — | — | 908 | #366 |
| 2015 | — | — | 852 | #380 |
| 2014 | — | — | 972 | #341 |
| 2013 | — | — | 955 | #338 |
| 2012 | — | — | 980 | #322 |
| 2011 | — | — | 835 | #361 |
| 2010 | — | — | 850 | #358 |
| 2009 | — | — | 718 | #411 |
| 2008 | — | — | 596 | #464 |
| 2007 | — | — | 528 | #500 |
| 2006 | — | — | 436 | #573 |
| 2005 | — | — | 369 | #611 |
| 2004 | — | — | 356 | #602 |
| 2003 | — | — | 322 | #641 |
| 2002 | — | — | 388 | #567 |
| 2001 | — | — | 444 | #511 |
| 2000 | — | — | 318 | #606 |
| 1999 | — | — | 247 | #684 |
| 1998 | — | — | 307 | #603 |
| 1997 | — | — | 265 | #637 |
| 1996 | — | — | 130 | #976 |
| 1995 | — | — | 103 | #1,130 |
| 1994 | — | — | 87 | #1,253 |
| 1993 | — | — | 98 | #1,141 |
| 1992 | — | — | 75 | #1,306 |
| 1991 | — | — | 83 | #1,223 |
| 1990 | — | — | 106 | #1,034 |
| 1989 | — | — | 99 | #1,042 |
| 1988 | — | — | 95 | #1,001 |
| 1987 | — | — | 84 | #1,045 |
| 1986 | — | — | 68 | #1,150 |
| 1985 | — | — | 90 | #966 |
| 1984 | — | — | 65 | #1,130 |
| 1983 | — | — | 52 | #1,293 |
| 1982 | — | — | 69 | #1,104 |
| 1981 | — | — | 51 | #1,305 |
| 1980 | — | — | 73 | #1,065 |
| 1979 | — | — | 62 | #1,152 |
| 1978 | — | — | 52 | #1,253 |
| 1977 | — | — | 57 | #1,174 |
| 1976 | — | — | 56 | #1,152 |
| 1975 | — | — | 54 | #1,157 |
| 1974 | — | — | 75 | #947 |
| 1973 | — | — | 64 | #1,010 |
| 1972 | — | — | 58 | #1,068 |
| 1971 | — | — | 54 | #1,125 |
| 1970 | — | — | 72 | #949 |
| 1969 | — | — | 56 | #1,040 |
| 1968 | — | — | 48 | #1,079 |
| 1967 | — | — | 51 | #1,029 |
| 1966 | — | — | 44 | #1,125 |
| 1965 | — | — | 42 | #1,185 |
| 1964 | — | — | 46 | #1,144 |
| 1963 | — | — | 60 | #981 |
| 1962 | — | — | 63 | #966 |
| 1961 | — | — | 49 | #1,129 |
| 1960 | — | — | 43 | #1,206 |
| 1959 | — | — | 38 | #1,278 |
| 1958 | — | — | 44 | #1,168 |
| 1957 | — | — | 40 | #1,245 |
| 1956 | — | — | 53 | #1,043 |
| 1955 | — | — | 49 | #1,083 |
| 1954 | — | — | 51 | #1,051 |
| 1953 | — | — | 52 | #1,013 |
| 1952 | — | — | 42 | #1,148 |
| 1951 | — | — | 33 | #1,292 |
| 1950 | — | — | 48 | #1,019 |
| 1949 | — | — | 50 | #995 |
| 1948 | — | — | 51 | #986 |
| 1947 | — | — | 62 | #888 |
| 1946 | — | — | 42 | #1,074 |
| 1945 | — | — | 35 | #1,117 |
| 1944 | — | — | 42 | #1,016 |
| 1943 | — | — | 47 | #985 |
| 1942 | — | — | 47 | #984 |
| 1941 | — | — | 50 | #902 |
| 1940 | — | — | 49 | #916 |
| 1939 | — | — | 41 | #1,005 |
| 1938 | — | — | 64 | #766 |
| 1937 | — | — | 60 | #800 |
| 1936 | — | — | 50 | #868 |
| 1935 | — | — | 70 | #737 |
| 1934 | — | — | 58 | #827 |
| 1933 | — | — | 59 | #809 |
| 1932 | — | — | 62 | #814 |
| 1931 | — | — | 65 | #783 |
| 1930 | — | — | 101 | #615 |
| 1929 | — | — | 92 | #642 |
| 1928 | — | — | 94 | #646 |
| 1927 | — | — | 70 | #797 |
| 1926 | — | — | 95 | #650 |
| 1925 | — | — | 102 | #627 |
| 1924 | — | — | 114 | #599 |
| 1923 | — | — | 112 | #599 |
| 1922 | — | — | 105 | #632 |
| 1921 | — | — | 108 | #610 |
| 1920 | — | — | 104 | #622 |
| 1919 | — | — | 111 | #569 |
| 1918 | — | — | 115 | #567 |
| 1917 | — | — | 115 | #548 |
| 1916 | — | — | 118 | #526 |
| 1915 | — | — | 95 | #586 |
| 1914 | — | — | 83 | #542 |
| 1913 | — | — | 58 | #577 |
| 1912 | — | — | 48 | #590 |
| 1911 | — | — | 34 | #512 |
| 1910 | — | — | 23 | #615 |
| 1909 | — | — | 19 | #631 |
| 1908 | — | — | 21 | #563 |
| 1907 | — | — | 16 | #660 |
| 1906 | — | — | 13 | #700 |
| 1905 | — | — | 9 | #907 |
| 1904 | — | — | 14 | #639 |
| 1903 | — | — | 16 | #572 |
| 1902 | — | — | 13 | #643 |
| 1901 | — | — | 8 | #844 |
| 1900 | — | — | 8 | #1,036 |
| 1899 | — | — | 8 | #844 |
| 1898 | — | — | 14 | #601 |
| 1897 | — | — | 8 | #841 |
| 1896 | — | — | 6 | #1,081 |
| 1894 | — | — | 7 | #937 |
| 1893 | — | — | 5 | #1,156 |
| 1892 | — | — | 11 | #677 |
| 1890 | — | — | 7 | #867 |
| 1880 | — | — | 8 | #734 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).