Nero
Boy · Latin
Nero is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Nero mean?
Latin
A male given name from Latin, more common in fiction than in real life.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Nero a girl's or a boy's name?
Nero is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nero in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2022, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Nero in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nero in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
How popular is Nero in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,706among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Nero, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 39 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
2025 had fewer boys named Nero than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Nero in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nero in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 29 | #3,791 |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,115 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,180 |
| 2021 | 33 | #3,424 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 30 | #3,633 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,350 |
| 2017 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1918 | 10 | #2,698 |
| 1917 | 8 | #2,955 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
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