boys:
24.5k births since 1880
#732 (84th percentile)
overall:
24.5k births since 1880
#1622 (79th percentile)
The name Romeo is the #1,622 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 24,519 recorded births since 1880. This represents the 79.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 79.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #732 (84.0% percentile) for all time with 24,519 births since 1880.
Romeo has appeared in U.S. birth records since the beginning of our dataset in 1880 Birth data for Romeo is available in 133 out of the 144 years between 1880 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.
For boys, Romeo reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 69.2% percentile (ranked #281) with 613 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 613 births per million (ranked 69.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1994, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Romeo is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #281 (69.2% percentile) with 613 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Romeo".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Romeo. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 77.1% confident that Romeo is pronounced as ROH-mee-oh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ROH-mee-OH, at 22.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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