Romeo — #283 US boys' name
25,728 babies named Romeo in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 98% of names given to boys today.
36% of everyone ever named Romeo was born in this single decade.
1,188 babies were named Romeo in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Romeo
The Social Security Administration has registered 25,728 babies named Romeo between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Romeo currently holds the #283 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 1,188 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Romeo performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 9,227 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Romeo shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 4,876 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Romeo in 47 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Romeo in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 25,728 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Romeo at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Romeo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (2024)
- 1,188
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #283 among boys.
25,728 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 1,188 births in a single year.
Romeo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 9,227 births that decade — 36% of Romeo's all-time total
Romeo decade highlights
- Peak decade 9,227 births
- Runner-up 5,110 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Romeo's strongest decade
9,227 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Romeo by state
Where Romeo concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 4,876 | 19.0% |
| #2 | California | | 4,358 | 16.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 1,279 | 5.0% |
| #4 | New York | | 1,222 | 4.7% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 960 | 3.7% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 793 | 3.1% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 662 | 2.6% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 566 | 2.2% |
4,876 of 25,728 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 47 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 19.0% of nationwide
- California 16.9% of nationwide
- Florida 5.0% of nationwide
- New York 4.7% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 47 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 19.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Romeo appears in 47 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.