Boys' name · since 1912
Romulus
454 babies named Romulus in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,359 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,407 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 454
- born since 1912
- 2020s
- peak decade
454 babies have been named Romulus since 1912, making it today's #4407 boys' name.
Romulus has 454 recorded births among boys since 1912, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4407 as of the latest data, more common than 68% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 2025.
- #8,359 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,407 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 454 born since 1912
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Romulus ranks #8,359 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,407 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 454 born since 1912, peaking in the 2020s.
- #8,359 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,407 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 454
- born since 1912
- 2020s
- peak decade
Romulus's 454 recorded births place it above 81.61% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by North Carolina.
How Romulus compares
454 Top 46% higher than 54% of 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
Romulus's all-time total is 23% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Romulus | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 454 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 31 | 34 | 22,252 |
Romulus's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Romulus's SSA record in two at 1989 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1912, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 31, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Romulus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 31
- Annual births at peak, across 114 years of records
Romulus by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (130 births, 29% of the file).
2020s was Romulus's strongest decade.
130 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Romulus births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 38
1910s
38 births
- 1920s 45
1920s
45 births
- 1930s 17
1930s
17 births
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1970s 50
1970s
50 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s 20
1990s
20 births
- 2000s 44
2000s
44 births
- 2010s
2010s
88 births
- 2020s
2020s
130 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 130 births (29% of all-time use).
Romulus by state
Where Romulus concentrates geographically, total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 11 | 2.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 6 | 1.3% |
| #3 | California | | 5 | 1.1% |
11 of 454 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- North Carolina records the most Romuluss (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Romulus: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~113 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, 1912–2025 (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 Romulus 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.