Rommel
Boy · Latin
Rommel is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “to rumble”. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Rommel mean?
Latin
“to rumble”
A male given name of chiefly Latin American and Philippine usage.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Rommel a girl's or a boy's name?
Rommel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rommel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,856among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Rommel, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,017th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 1943.
Half of all the boys named Rommel in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 82 boys in the US were given Rommel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,661, up from #4,856 for this spelling alone.
Rommel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 25 | #4,017 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 32 | #3,430 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 29 | #3,580 |
| 2012 | 29 | #3,622 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 36 | #3,163 |
| 2007 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2006 | 26 | #3,780 |
| 2005 | 34 | #3,018 |
| 2004 | 28 | #3,364 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2002 | 20 | #4,038 |
| 2001 | 32 | #2,859 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 31 | #2,542 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 26 | #2,761 |
| 1993 | 22 | #3,036 |
| 1992 | 28 | #2,527 |
| 1991 | 35 | #2,089 |
| 1990 | 26 | #2,548 |
| 1989 | 23 | #2,684 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1987 | 23 | #2,396 |
| 1986 | 29 | #2,005 |
| 1985 | 19 | #2,596 |
| 1984 | 25 | #2,097 |
| 1983 | 24 | #2,139 |
| 1982 | 34 | #1,699 |
| 1981 | 23 | #2,203 |
| 1980 | 26 | #2,058 |
| 1979 | 30 | #1,833 |
| 1978 | 25 | #1,965 |
| 1977 | 23 | #2,063 |
| 1976 | 34 | #1,571 |
| 1975 | 23 | #2,000 |
| 1974 | 27 | #1,747 |
| 1973 | 31 | #1,548 |
| 1972 | 26 | #1,721 |
| 1971 | 22 | #1,915 |
| 1970 | 23 | #1,846 |
| 1969 | 14 | #2,307 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,469 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 11 | #2,474 |
| 1964 | 11 | #2,545 |
| 1963 | 18 | #1,901 |
| 1962 | 13 | #2,278 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,816 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,763 |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
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