girls:
24 births since 2013
#5692 (0th percentile)
boys:
28 births since 2019
#4558 (1st percentile)
overall:
52 births since 2013
#7687 (1st percentile)
The name Ro is the #7,687 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 52 recorded births since 2013. This represents the 0.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,558 (0.5% percentile) for all time with 28 births since 2019. For girls, it ranks #5,692 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 24 births since 2013.
Ro first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2013 (2013 for girls and 2019 for boys). Birth data for Ro is available in 7 out of the 11 years between 2013 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Ro is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Ro were boys. Interestingly, until around 2021, the name was more popular for girls (80.0% girls from 2013 to 2020), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 2021 to 2023).
For boys, Ro reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #925) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Ro ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 51.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Ro reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #943) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2020.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ro".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Ro. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Ro is pronounced as roh, which has 1 syllables.
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