Homero

Gender: Boy
Say it: oh-MEH-roh
Origin: Greek
US rank, 2025: #5,606 for boys

Homero is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “hostage, pledge”. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).

What does Homero mean?

Greek: Spanish form of Homer

“hostage, pledge”

Spanish form of Homer, the ancient Greek poet credited with the Iliad and the Odyssey.

Is Homero a girl's or a boy's name?

Homero is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Homero in the US?

Rank in 2025: 5,606th among boys
Babies in 2025: 16 about 1 in 110,000 boys
Five-year trend: Steady down 13% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Homero, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,650th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 82 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917.

2025 had fewer boys named Homero than any year since 1945.

Half of all the boys named Homero in the US since 1880 were born between 1965 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.

1917Busiest: 82 in 19942025

Homero in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	16	#5,606
2024	23	#4,430
2023	26	#4,109
2022	20	#4,846
2021	21	#4,624
2020	29	#3,650
2019	23	#4,333
2018	23	#4,350
2017	20	#4,742
2016	26	#3,989
2015	32	#3,430
2014	36	#3,088
2013	39	#2,893
2012	38	#3,000
2011	59	#2,202
2010	35	#3,180
2009	40	#2,945
2008	44	#2,752
2007	53	#2,416
2006	60	#2,149
2005	58	#2,110
2004	59	#2,020
2003	55	#2,051
2002	75	#1,606
2001	70	#1,655
2000	61	#1,778
1999	47	#2,020
1998	51	#1,896
1997	56	#1,727
1996	71	#1,443
1995	56	#1,618
1994	82	#1,284
1993	60	#1,519
1992	56	#1,567
1991	57	#1,522
1990	57	#1,495
1989	56	#1,471
1988	45	#1,587
1987	48	#1,482
1986	52	#1,362
1985	49	#1,388
1984	50	#1,319
1983	42	#1,469
1982	56	#1,241
1981	54	#1,246
1980	59	#1,187
1979	52	#1,270
1978	48	#1,299
1977	42	#1,407
1976	61	#1,067
1975	58	#1,099
1974	56	#1,099
1973	59	#1,054
1972	49	#1,163
1971	43	#1,272
1970	41	#1,296
1969	40	#1,252
1968	43	#1,147
1967	34	#1,286
1966	20	#1,722
1965	38	#1,233
1964	48	#1,095
1963	26	#1,547
1962	43	#1,186
1961	46	#1,155
1960	30	#1,462
1959	38	#1,264
1958	31	#1,395
1957	29	#1,456
1956	22	#1,675
1955	35	#1,272
1954	24	#1,558
1953	25	#1,507
1952	33	#1,296
1951	32	#1,294
1950	30	#1,312
1949	29	#1,347
1948	22	#1,558
1947	28	#1,393
1946	33	#1,216
1945	16	#1,696
1944	19	#1,573
1943	23	#1,460
1942	16	#1,799
1941	16	#1,759
1940	15	#1,802
1939	16	#1,712
1938	19	#1,559
1937	14	#1,913
1936	19	#1,540
1935	19	#1,584
1934	13	#2,022
1933	16	#1,770
1932	10	#2,465
1931	11	#2,327
1930	12	#2,292
1929	14	#2,095
1928	10	#2,659
1927	11	#2,523
1926	14	#2,186
1925	0	–
1924	10	#2,821
1923	0	–
1922	7	#3,530
1921	5	#4,320
1920	0	–
1919	0	–
1918	0	–
1917	5	#3,979