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Rome

Feminine

Rome is given to both — 503 girls and 5,572 boys since 1880. See Rome as a boy nameSee other names given to both

1971high 2025
#2607 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare66 girls in 2025

Rome may be named for Romulus, or Romulus invented to explain Rome — and the Romans could not settle it either.

How old is the name Rome?

Rome first appears in US birth records in 1971 — 54 years ago. The typical Rome is a kid of about 4 — this name's wave is very recent. About 500 people named Rome are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Rome most popular?

Rome peaked in 2025, reaching #2607 nationally. Today it ranks #2607, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Rome

Romans told the story of Romulus to explain their city's name, and modern scholars generally read it the other way — the founder invented to account for the place. An Etruscan origin and a river name are both proposed. Rome appears in American records as a given name in current use.

Meaningscholars disagree

Not established

The city's name has no established etymology. Proposals include a derivation from Romulus, an Etruscan family name Rumon, and a word for the Tiber. Modern scholars generally hold that Romulus was invented to explain the city's name rather than the reverse. Nothing is settled.

How the name formed

  1. Roma
  2. Rome

Related forms: Roma · Roma

Pronouncing Rome

ROHM

One syllable. Italian Roma is ROH-mah with two.

Nicknames for Rome

Moderate

RomyThe affectionate stretch, and a name in its own right with a real record
RoThe front sound alone, used inside families rather than generally
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1971–2025663306619712025

US babies named Rome per year from 1971 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#26071970s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1971
Most girls named
202566 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#2607reached in 2025
Change vs 2024
+4.8%66 in 2025, from 63
Rome sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2025, with 66 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Rome in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Roma in Italian — related form
  • Roma in Latin — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Florida, New York.

Romes among us

500

people named Rome are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 24,353 born in 2025 was named Rome

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Rome

#2607
Rome on the 2025 chart
#796
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Rome went to 66 girls in 2025, but Romee is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 164, which makes it the 796th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,811 places above the chart.

About 1 girl in 9,800 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 24,353 for Rome itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Sharia test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Rome's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Sharia climbed just as high around 1977, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Sharia's path sketches the road Rome is walking now.

40%chance Rome will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Rome, aligned on its peakSharia· peak 1977not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+50 yrsSharia · #15088Rome today
Rome today is about where Sharia stood in 1977 — in its own peak year. By 1992, Sharia had settled around #6374.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Rome sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Rome is headed

19712030

US babies named Rome per year, 1971 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Rome looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 38% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.

Rising+38% by 2030projected around #2,179 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Rome beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Rome in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Romethis name66#2607Navie66#2607Ellyana66#2607Atalia66#2607Maddox66#2607

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • That Romulus was probably invented to explain the name is a first-rate fact.
  • Romy is available as a short form with a real record.
  • One syllable, clean, and never mispronounced.
What to consider
  • It is a city name and reads as one entirely.
  • The etymology is genuinely unsettled.
  • It is very short and can be swallowed by a long surname.

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Frequently asked

How many Romes are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Rome are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Rome?
Rome is one of 2 recorded spellings. Romee is the more common one — 98 births in 2025 against 66 for Rome.
How popular is the name Rome in 2025?
Rome ranks #2607 among US girl names in 2025, with 66 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Rome?
About 1 in every 24,353 US girls born in 2025 was named Rome — 66 in all.
Will my child share the name Rome with classmates?
Rome will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Rome

Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.

Navie#2607 · Ellyana#2607 · Atalia#2607 · Maddox#2607 · Henny#2607 · Diane#2607 · Adella#2607 · Delylah#2607

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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology

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