first name
ROMEO
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 22,794 people named Romeo, 49.4% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 26.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 10.6% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Romeo peaked in 2024, when 1,191 babies got the name.
At least 26,864 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Romeo by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #637. The largest share of babies named Romeo, 47.7%, were born in 2013 or later.
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.
Where Romeo is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Romeo has been most common in Nevada (5×), Maine (3.1×), and Arizona (2.9×), and least common in Mississippi (0.11×).
22,966 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Romeo
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Romeo, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Romeo ranks #4,156 of 156,621, with 8,249 people. See Romeo as a last name
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