How rare is the name Homero?

5,589 people in the United States have the first name Homero, about 1 in 54,040. It ranks #3,650 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

HOMERO

#3,650

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,589
About
1 in 54,040
This common or more
82.8%
Who bears it

Of the 5,589 people named Homero, 97.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino and 2.1% as White. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Homero peaked in 1994, when 82 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19172025
Peak year
1994
Births that year
82
In 2025*
16 ▼80%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 3,763 babies have been given the name since 1917. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Homero by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #2,930. The largest share of babies named Homero, 23.7%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1910s#11,6155
1920s#6,43671
1930s#3,730149
1940s#3,222217
1950s#3,186299
1960s#3,086368
1970s#2,930509
1980s#3,384511
1990s#3,817593
2000s#4,896575
2010s#7,474331
2020s#9,544135
Greatest Generation 1901–271.4%
Silent Generation 1928–457.4%
Baby boom 1946–6416.1%
Generation X 1965–8019.7%
Millennials 1981–9623.7%
Generation Z 1997–1222.9%
2013 and later8.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Exactly as common as Homero

2 other first names also have 5,589 people.

#3,650 Enedina · 5,589#3,650 Youssef · 5,589

Either side of Homero

#3,649 Darrius · 5,590#3,650 Enedina · 5,589#3,650 Youssef · 5,589#3,653 Saira · 5,588

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Homero, most common first.

#1,931 Homer · 14,540

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