Unisex name · since 2019
Ro
Since 2019, U.S. Social Security records show 39 babies named Ro, peaking in 2021. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,954 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,402 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 39
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Ro is the #13402 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 39 recorded since 2019.
Social Security Administration records show Ro recorded 39 times among boys since 2019, holding rank #13402 nationally today, ahead of 4% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2019 to 2025.
- #23,954 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #13,402 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 39 born since 2019
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ro ranks #23,954 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,402 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 39 born since 2019, peaking in the 2020s.
- #23,954 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,402 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 39
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ro's 39 recorded births place it above 47.22% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ro compares
39 14th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ro's all-time total is 89% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ro | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 39 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ro's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ro splits its recorded history at 2023: 41% of all births land in the more recent half, 59% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2023 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ro popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Ro popularity over time - girls
24 total births recorded since 2013 (Ro as girls' name)
Ro by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (33 births, 85% of the file).
2020s was Ro's strongest decade.
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 85% of all-time use.
Ro births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 33 births (85% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ro: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~6 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2019–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ro draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.