Romero — #2876 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Romero

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,802 babies named Romero between 1937 and 2024, spanning 88 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Romero currently holds the #2876 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 46 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Romero performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 329 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Romero shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 133 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Romero in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Romero 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 1,802 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.