Romario

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Romario: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Romario: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #813, and it stood at #2,921 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#813highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1235
1997	#1174
1998	#813
1999	#1505
2000	#1241
2001	#947
2002	#1077
2003	#889
2004	#999
2005	#1190
2006	#885
2007	#1125
2008	#1828
2009	#1175
2010	#1144
2011	#1600
2012	#1852
2013	#1539
2014	#2248
2015	#1380
2016	#1704
2017	#1627
2018	#1991
2019	#2266
2020	#2404
2021	#2493
2022	#1879
2023	#1799
2024	#2921

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1235 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #813 among boys in England and Wales, in 1998 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Romario by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Romario in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	48	4 of 10	12
2000sbusiest	182	10 of 10	18
2010s	140	10 of 10	14
2020s	48	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 18 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Romario appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #813 in England and Wales in 1998.

Romario's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1799	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1879	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2404	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2266	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1991	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1627	15	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1704	14	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1380	18	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2248	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1539	15	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1852	12	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1600	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1144	23	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1175	21	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1828	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1125	21	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#885	27	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1190	17	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#999	20	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#889	22	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1077	15	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#947	17	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1241	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1505	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#813	19	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1174	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1235	10	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #813, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 27 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,921position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
27births registered in its largest year, 200625 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Digby · #812, 28y
Hisham · #814, 29y
Ozan · #814, 29y
Zephaniah · #814, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Digby · #812, 28y
Hisham · #814, 29y
Ozan · #814, 29y
Percival · #814, 21y

Romario was ranked #813 in England and Wales · Boys in 1998. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Romario and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Romario without appearing here.

Romario moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1799 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #5119.
Barry Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2493 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1879 and #4001.
Grant Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2493 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1879 and #4001.
Brent Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1190 and #1095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #885 and #2538.

Moved ahead of Romario

Andrea Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1799 and #2007 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #1859.
Lars Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1799 and #2160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #1859.
Ronny Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1125 and #1201 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1828 and #789.
Markus Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1125 and #1169 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1828 and #943.

Moved the opposite way to Romario

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Romario went from #1235 to #2921 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Romario went from #1235 to #2921 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Romario went from #1235 to #2921 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Romario went from #1235 to #2921 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Romario

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Romario went from #1235 to #2921 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Romario went from #1235 to #2921 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Romario went from #1235 to #2921 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Romario went from #1235 to #2921 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #813 in England and Wales in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Romario by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Romario at a glance

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