Boys' name · since 1997
Romelio
Romelio has 53 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,805 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,288 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 53
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Romelio is the #9288 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 53 recorded since 1997.
Social Security Administration records show Romelio recorded 53 times among boys since 1997, holding rank #9288 nationally today, ahead of 33% 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 1997 to 2025.
- #21,805 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,288 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 53 born since 1997
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Romelio ranks #21,805 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,288 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 53 born since 1997, peaking in the 2020s.
- #21,805 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,288 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 53
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
Romelio's 53 recorded births place it above 51.98% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Romelio compares
53 18th 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
Romelio's all-time total is 86% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Romelio | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 53 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Romelio's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Romelio's full recorded timeline at 2015, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Romelio popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Romelio by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (25 births, 47% of the file).
2020s was Romelio's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Romelio births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
11 births
- 2020s
2020s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 25 births (47% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Romelio: 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 (~28 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, 1997–2025 (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 Romelio 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.