Rome

What Rome means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Rome yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,406 in 2015, #452 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Rome?

US: Rising: up from #1406 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #833 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 694 boys got the name (#452 that year). First in the US records in 1882.

How common

• About 1 in 2,461 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,265 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,928 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in HI (2.06 per 1,000 boys), NM (1.38 per 1,000 boys), UT (1.22 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Rome is #452 in the US and #233 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 91.3% of US babies named Rome were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Ram49 US · 20 E&W
• Roam9 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Roma

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Rome

Boys

• Kayson#264Variant of Cason, meaning “house”^*
• Eithan#97Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,599 in 2015, #97 in 2025
• Rowan#59“little red one”^*
• Callum#118Variant of Calum, meaning “dove”^*
• Mateo#8Same root as Matthew, meaning “gift of the Lord”^*
• Amir#105“commander, prince”^*

For a sister

• Lennon#214“descendant of Lover (Leannán)”^*
• Kaylani#185Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,054 in 2015, #185 in 2025
• Juniper#100Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #427 in 2015, #100 in 2025
• Rory#230“red-haired king”^*
• Dahlia#215Editor’s note Up from #412 in 2015 to #215 in 2025 in the US
• Elianna#218Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #598 in 2015, #218 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Rome’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.