Romulo
Boy · ROH-moo-loh · Latin
Romulo is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “of Rome”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Romulo mean?
Latin: Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Romulus
“of Rome”
Romulus, raised with his twin Remus by a she-wolf, was the legendary founder of Rome.
- Say it
- ROH-moo-loh
Is Romulo a girl's or a boy's name?
Romulo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Romulo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Romulo, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Romulo in the US since 1880 were born between 1960 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Romulo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,495 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,028 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 12 | #2,944 |
| 1973 | 16 | #2,403 |
| 1972 | 11 | #2,989 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 16 | #2,292 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 14 | #2,131 |
| 1965 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,708 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,678 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 10 | #2,452 |
| 1948 | 10 | #2,442 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,142 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,150 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,153 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 10 | #2,800 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
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