Rome
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Rome is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “the city of Rome”. In 2025 it ranked 246th for boys in the UK (220 babies) and 452nd for boys in the US (694 babies).
What does Rome mean?
Latin: the Italian capital, Latin Roma
“the city of Rome”
Named after the Italian capital; legend says the city took its name from its founder Romulus.
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Is Rome a girl's or a boy's name?
Rome is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 220 boys in the UK and 66 girls and 694 boys in the US.
How popular is Rome in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #246among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 220about 1 in 1,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 186% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 220 boys in the UK were named Rome, making it the 246th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 465th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 274 boys.
Half of all the boys named Rome in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 233rd in England and Wales and 560th in Scotland.
Rome in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 220 | #246 |
| 2024 | 274 | #202 |
| 2023 | 238 | #227 |
| 2022 | 180 | #290 |
| 2021 | 111 | #428 |
| 2020 | 94 | #465 |
| 2019 | 96 | #469 |
| 2018 | 66 | #613 |
| 2017 | 47 | #796 |
| 2016 | 51 | #738 |
| 2015 | 39 | #871 |
| 2014 | 39 | #860 |
| 2013 | 27 | #1,088 |
| 2012 | 26 | #1,128 |
| 2011 | 19 | #1,385 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,013 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,378 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,667 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
How popular is Rome in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #452among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 694about 1 in 2,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 222% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 694 boys in the US were named Rome, making it the 452nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 969th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 695 boys. It first appears in the records in 1882. 66 girls were also named Rome in 2025 (2,607th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Rome in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 724 boys in the US were given Rome or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #444, up from #452 for this spelling alone.
Rome in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 694 | #452 |
| 2024 | 695 | #450 |
| 2023 | 574 | #516 |
| 2022 | 421 | #654 |
| 2021 | 315 | #782 |
| 2020 | 222 | #969 |
| 2019 | 209 | #1,000 |
| 2018 | 179 | #1,094 |
| 2017 | 130 | #1,365 |
| 2016 | 142 | #1,279 |
| 2015 | 122 | #1,406 |
| 2014 | 125 | #1,362 |
| 2013 | 108 | #1,500 |
| 2012 | 90 | #1,686 |
| 2011 | 109 | #1,484 |
| 2010 | 71 | #1,956 |
| 2009 | 82 | #1,808 |
| 2008 | 77 | #1,874 |
| 2007 | 78 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 60 | #2,149 |
| 2005 | 59 | #2,077 |
| 2004 | 47 | #2,372 |
| 2003 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 2002 | 31 | #2,939 |
| 2001 | 30 | #2,983 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 22 | #3,475 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,187 |
| 1997 | 19 | #3,596 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,128 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,911 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,093 |
| 1975 | 16 | #2,538 |
| 1974 | 12 | #2,944 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 11 | #2,989 |
| 1971 | 18 | #2,202 |
| 1970 | 24 | #1,793 |
| 1969 | 24 | #1,679 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1964 | 13 | #2,309 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 12 | #2,421 |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1958 | 11 | #2,504 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,495 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,047 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,072 |
| 1951 | 15 | #1,971 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,579 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,670 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,731 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,213 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,094 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,387 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,302 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,434 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,347 |
| 1923 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1922 | 16 | #2,039 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,058 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,601 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1918 | 9 | #2,881 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
| 1916 | 16 | #1,848 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,372 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,309 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 9 | #705 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,065 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 10 | #648 |
| 1887 | 5 | #921 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 9 | #641 |
| 1884 | 5 | #971 |
| 1883 | 5 | #891 |
| 1882 | 7 | #754 |
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