Rome
Rome was given to 694 boys in 2025, #452 among boys’ names; 6,075 Americans have been recorded with it since 1882 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,660 Americans named Rome and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (93% of everyone recorded); the median is 5 years old and half are between 2 and 13.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Rome by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Rome?
#452 among boys’ names, 2025
Rome rose from #1,413 in 2015 to #452 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.06 to 0.41 per 1,000.
760 babies in 2025, the peak
Rome peaked in 2025, when 760 babies were given it (694 boys, #452 among boys’ names). In 2024 it went to 695 boys.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 694 | #452 | 0.41 |
| 2024 | 695 | #451 | 0.40 |
| 2023 | 574 | #516 | 0.34 |
| 2022 | 421 | #654 | 0.24 |
| 2021 | 315 | #784 | 0.18 |
| 2020 | 222 | #971 | 0.13 |
| 2019 | 209 | #1,002 | 0.12 |
| 2018 | 179 | #1,097 | 0.10 |
| 2017 | 130 | #1,372 | 0.07 |
| 2016 | 142 | #1,285 | 0.07 |
Every recorded year (112)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 122 | #1,413 | 0.06 |
| 2014 | 125 | #1,373 | 0.07 |
| 2013 | 108 | #1,509 | 0.06 |
| 2012 | 90 | #1,695 | 0.05 |
| 2011 | 109 | #1,492 | 0.06 |
| 2010 | 71 | #1,968 | 0.04 |
| 2009 | 82 | #1,820 | 0.04 |
| 2008 | 77 | #1,892 | 0.04 |
| 2007 | 78 | #1,858 | 0.04 |
| 2006 | 60 | #2,168 | 0.03 |
| 2005 | 59 | #2,105 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 47 | #2,405 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 24 | #3,698 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 31 | #2,998 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 30 | #3,040 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 20 | #4,029 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 22 | #3,561 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,271 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 19 | #3,701 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 9 | #6,380 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 12 | #5,052 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 9 | #6,241 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 7 | #7,239 | under 0.01 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,778 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,916 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 5 | #8,959 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,631 | under 0.01 |
| 1987 | 8 | #5,343 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,237 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,639 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,638 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 15 | #3,044 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 5 | #7,153 | under 0.01 |
| 1981 | 7 | #5,375 | under 0.01 |
| 1980 | 5 | #7,078 | under 0.01 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,908 | under 0.01 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,561 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 7 | #5,011 | under 0.01 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,223 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 16 | #2,617 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 12 | #3,086 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,982 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 11 | #3,108 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 18 | #2,259 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 24 | #1,838 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 24 | #1,714 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 9 | #3,058 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,896 | under 0.01 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,942 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,853 | under 0.01 |
| 1964 | 13 | #2,390 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,592 | under 0.01 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,675 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 12 | #2,513 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,999 | under 0.01 |
| 1958 | 11 | #2,613 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,609 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,119 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 8 | #3,127 | under 0.01 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,731 | under 0.01 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,136 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 15 | #2,035 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,733 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,632 | under 0.01 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,968 | under 0.01 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,832 | under 0.01 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,692 | under 0.01 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,824 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,927 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,883 | under 0.01 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,468 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,905 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,343 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,705 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,343 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,732 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,506 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,409 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,560 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,449 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,130 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 16 | #2,126 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,131 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,731 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,681 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,062 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,488 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 16 | #1,926 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,339 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,200 | 0.01 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,494 | 0.01 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,555 | 0.03 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,282 | 0.04 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,468 | 0.03 |
| 1893 | 9 | #756 | 0.08 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,221 | 0.04 |
| 1888 | 10 | #691 | 0.08 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,043 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 9 | #687 | 0.08 |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,096 | 0.04 |
| 1883 | 5 | #1,015 | 0.05 |
| 1882 | 7 | #822 | 0.06 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Rome a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 6,075 Americans recorded as Rome, 8% are girls and 92% boys. In 2025 it went to 66 girls and 694 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Rome: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Rome, and how old are they?
5,660 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 93% of the 6,075 Americans ever recorded as Rome. The median Rome alive today is 5 years old; half are between 2 and 13.
The 2020 Census counted 2,513 people named Rome (276 women and girls, 2,237 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,566 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 14 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 109 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 167 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 134 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 889 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 4,350 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Rome born?
The states with the most babies named Rome are California, Texas and Florida, with 33% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 113 | #356 | 1.1× |
| Texas | 67 | #508 | 0.7× |
| Florida | 48 | #409 | 0.9× |
| New York | 35 | #555 | 0.5× |
| Arizona | 31 | #262 | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 30 | #358 | 0.5× |
| Pennsylvania | 25 | #422 | 0.6× |
| Utah | 24 | #220 | 2.1× |
| Ohio | 23 | #466 | 0.5× |
| Georgia | 20 | #535 | 0.5× |
Where Rome is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Rome is most over-represented in Utah: since 1910 it was given 2.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Rome with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 7 names spelled alike, given to 36,621 babies since 1880, Rome is the second most given (17% of them). In 2025 it was given to 760 of their 2,000 babies (38%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Rome
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Rome and names like it
- Compare Rome and RomeoBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sRome peaked in 2025.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Rome since 1910.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Rome.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Rome alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with RMost given first.