Romolo — boys' name
250 babies named Romolo in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Romolo was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Romolo in 1916 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Romolo
The Social Security Administration has registered 250 babies named Romolo between 1913 and 2022, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Romolo currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Romolo performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 102 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Romolo shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Romolo in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Romolo 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 250 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.
Romolo at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Romolo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1913
- Peak year (1916)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 110 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
250 total births across 110 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1916 with 20 births in a single year.
Romolo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 102 births that decade — 41% of Romolo's all-time total
Romolo decade highlights
- Peak decade 102 births
- Runner-up 65 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Romolo's strongest decade
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Romolo by state
Where Romolo concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 21 | 8.4% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 2.4% |
21 of 250 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 8.4% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 2.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 8.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1913–2022 (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.