Rome
Meaning
the city of Rome; origin debated, traditionally linked to its legendary founder Romulus
The story
Rome is the city, used as a name, and the reference books leave it at that: from the capital of Italy, no embroidery required. The register kept it as a curiosity for a century, 112 boys in the 1920s, double digits through most decades, the kind of name a census taker double-checked. The modern turn is sharp: 508 in the 2000s, 1,285 in the 2010s, and 2,921 already since 2020, past the full 2010s total with years to spare. Girls have started arriving too, 297 so far this decade. The engine is the same one driving Milan and Cairo up the charts: one strong syllable and a place with three thousand years of gravity behind it. Rome was not built in a day; the name, by the look of the columns, is being built right now.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Rome peaked in the 2020s.
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Popularity in Brazil
100 people · the #41,307 first name in Brazil · median age 45
Among people named Rome living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Rome
Most people given the name Rome in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Rome deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Rome truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Rome fits with your family’s names and surname.
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