Romee
Feminine · “pilgrim to Rome”
Romee is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 541 girls against 5 boys since 1880.
Romee is a Dutch feminine of Romeo — the pilgrim to Rome, which is what the word meant before Shakespeare made it a lover's name.
How old is the name Romee?
Romee first appears in US birth records in 2016 — 9 years ago. Romee is overwhelmingly a brand-new baby name right now — most Romees are still in diapers. About 500 people named Romee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Romee most popular?
Romee peaked in 2025, reaching #1962 nationally. Today it ranks #1962, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Roma to Romee
The story of Romee
Romeo meant a Rome-pilgrim in medieval Italian, and Dante gives the word to a character in the Paradiso. Shakespeare's 1597 play changed the sense for every language that read it. Dutch made the feminine Romee, which became common in the Netherlands from the 2000s. It appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
pilgrim to Rome
Through Romeo, from the Italian romeo, 'a pilgrim to Rome', from the Latin Roma. The word named anyone making that journey; Dante uses it that way. Shakespeare's play turned a common noun into a byword for a lover. The etymology is documented and undisputed.
How the name formed
- Roma
- romeo
- Romeo
- Romee
Related forms: Romee · Romea · Romy
Pronouncing Romee
ROH-mee
Two syllables, stress on the first. Dutch says it the same way.
Nicknames for Romee
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2016
- Most girls named
- 202499 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1962reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- −1.0%98 in 2025, from 99
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.
Romee in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Romee in Dutch — same name
- Romea in Italian — related form
- Romy in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Utah, Florida.
Romees among us
people named Romee are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 16,401 born in 2025 was named Romee
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Romee
- #1962
- Romee on the 2025 chart
- #796
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Romee went to 98 girls in 2025, but Rome 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 — 1,166 places above the chart.
- Romee98
- Rome66
About 1 girl in 9,800 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 16,401 for Romee 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
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Lindsie test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Romee's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Lindsie climbed just as high around 1987, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Lindsie's path sketches the road Romee is walking now.
Romee is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Romee is headed
Romee looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 51% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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.
Romee beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Romee in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That Romeo meant a pilgrim before it meant a lover is a first-rate fact.
- Romy is available as a related form with a real record.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- The Shakespeare association travels with the masculine form.
- Romy is far commoner in English-speaking countries.
- It reads as distinctly Dutch.
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Frequently asked
- How many Romees 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 Romee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Romee?
- Romee is the most-used spelling in US records — 98 of the 164 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Rome.
- How popular is the name Romee in 2025?
- Romee ranks #1962 among US girl names in 2025, with 98 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Romee?
- About 1 in every 16,401 US girls born in 2025 was named Romee — 98 in all.
- Will my child share the name Romee with classmates?
- Romee will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Romee
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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