Romulus
Boy · ROM-yuh-lus · Latin
Romulus is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Romulus mean?
Latin: legendary founder of Rome; etymology debated
In Roman legend, Romulus and his twin Remus were raised by a she-wolf, and Romulus founded Rome.
- Say it
- ROM-yuh-lus
Is Romulus a girl's or a boy's name?
Romulus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Romulus in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 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, 3 boys in the UK were named Romulus, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 5 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Romulus in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
How popular is Romulus in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,395among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 75% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Romulus, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 31 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Romulus in the US since 1880 were born between 1967 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Romulus in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 31 | #3,603 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,452 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,738 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,074 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,259 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 8 | #2,828 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
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