Rome
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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.
How popular is Rome around the world?
In the United States, 3,218 babies were named Rome between 2020 and 2025. In New Zealand, 31 boys named Rome were registered in 2025.
Rome is on the official records of the United States, New Zealand, England and Wales, Scotland, Canada, South Australia and Brazil.
United States
1 in 6,800
In the United States, 3,218 babies were named Rome between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Rome peaked in the 2020s. Rome went to 142 US babies in 2015 and 760 in 2025, 5.4 times as many.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
New Zealand
1 in 1,900
In New Zealand, 31 boys named Rome were registered in 2025.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time
England and Wales
1 in 2,700
In England and Wales, 215 boys named Rome were born in 2025, the 233rd most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Scotland
1 in 3,800
In Scotland, 12 boys named Rome were registered in 2024, the 307th most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names
Canada
1 in 5,800
In Canada, 58 boys named Rome were born in 2024, the 503rd most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
South Australia
1 in 18,0002017
In South Australia, 1 boy was registered as Rome in 2017.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
Brazil
At the 2022 census, 100 people in Brazil were named Rome, ranked 41,307th, with a median age of 45.
Among people named Rome living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1970s than in any other decade.
people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth
People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
Ireland
last on record 2024
Rome is not on the 2025 record for Ireland, where names under 3 in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.
Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names
Montevideo City
last on record 1973
Rome is not on the 2011 record for Montevideo, whose registry withholds nothing, so the spelling was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.
Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
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.
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The Rome deep dive
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