Romero
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- roh-MEHR-oh
- Origin
- Spanish
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,940 for boys
Romero is a boys' name of Spanish origin, meaning “pilgrim”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 2,940th for boys in the US (42 babies).
What does Romero mean?
Spanish: Spanish surname
“pilgrim”
Saint Óscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, was assassinated in 1980 and canonised in 2018.
Is Romero a girl's or a boy's name?
Romero is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 42 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Romero in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Romero, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 14 boys.
Half of all the boys named Romero in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Romero in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 14 | #1,756 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 9 | #1,957 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
How popular is Romero in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,940th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 42 about 1 in 41,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 42 boys in the US were named Romero, making it the 2,940th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,885th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 46 boys. It first appears in the records in 1937.
Half of all the boys named Romero in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Romero in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #2,940 |
| 2024 | 44 | #2,873 |
| 2023 | 32 | #3,564 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,149 |
| 2021 | 30 | #3,647 |
| 2020 | 41 | #2,885 |
| 2019 | 46 | #2,735 |
| 2018 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2017 | 31 | #3,514 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 24 | #4,177 |
| 2014 | 29 | #3,615 |
| 2013 | 34 | #3,187 |
| 2012 | 34 | #3,228 |
| 2011 | 37 | #3,045 |
| 2010 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 30 | #3,558 |
| 2007 | 28 | #3,685 |
| 2006 | 34 | #3,152 |
| 2005 | 40 | #2,697 |
| 2004 | 31 | #3,154 |
| 2003 | 25 | #3,523 |
| 2002 | 23 | #3,665 |
| 2001 | 34 | #2,737 |
| 2000 | 44 | #2,218 |
| 1999 | 35 | #2,506 |
| 1998 | 36 | #2,391 |
| 1997 | 33 | #2,445 |
| 1996 | 27 | #2,742 |
| 1995 | 40 | #2,050 |
| 1994 | 35 | #2,254 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 21 | #3,099 |
| 1991 | 30 | #2,338 |
| 1990 | 26 | #2,548 |
| 1989 | 19 | #3,088 |
| 1988 | 22 | #2,594 |
| 1987 | 25 | #2,268 |
| 1986 | 16 | #3,002 |
| 1985 | 23 | #2,292 |
| 1984 | 18 | #2,612 |
| 1983 | 22 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 19 | #2,517 |
| 1981 | 22 | #2,269 |
| 1980 | 20 | #2,443 |
| 1979 | 25 | #2,048 |
| 1978 | 24 | #2,012 |
| 1977 | 20 | #2,270 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 15 | #2,635 |
| 1974 | 28 | #1,692 |
| 1973 | 28 | #1,653 |
| 1972 | 18 | #2,158 |
| 1971 | 24 | #1,822 |
| 1970 | 22 | #1,888 |
| 1969 | 15 | #2,216 |
| 1968 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1967 | 13 | #2,241 |
| 1966 | 18 | #1,813 |
| 1965 | 11 | #2,474 |
| 1964 | 14 | #2,204 |
| 1963 | 13 | #2,299 |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 16 | #2,069 |
| 1960 | 15 | #2,120 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,962 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 16 | #1,957 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,678 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 10 | #2,404 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
Names like Romero
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rio, Santiago, Diego, Cruz, Luca, Iago, Lorenzo, Marco, Thiago, Xavier, Nico, Rodrigo
Names related to Romero
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Romero: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/romero, updated 20 October 2026.