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Ancient Roman names in modern use

38 names · 23 girls · 15 boys · records through 2025

Rome named on a system: a personal name, a family name, and often a third earned along the way. What survives into American use is mostly the first and third, and it survives remarkably well.

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This guide has 38 names: 23 girl names and 15 boy names. A curated set of ancient Roman names matched against the latest US records; only names in real use appear. Built from US Social Security birth records through 2025. Tap + beside any name to keep it on your shortlist as you read.

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The current revival favours the ending sounds English already likes — Marcus, Julius, Titus and Atticus on one side; Livia, Aurelia, Cornelia and Valeria on the other.

Every name below is verified in the latest records, so what appears here is Rome as Americans actually use it, not as a dictionary lists it.

Girl names

23 names

Boy names

15 names

Every rank and count here is published by the US Social Security Administration and refreshed each year when the new figures land. The method is stated at the top of this page.

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