Rome

maleStatistical record

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

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

Rome: Recorded since 1999, its highest recorded position is #191, reached in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
34times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#191highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2016–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2016	#4763
2018	#3985
2019	#4001
2020	#3447
2021	#3961
2022	#3533
2023	#4056
2024	#3318

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 22 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

In 2024: #191 among boys in England and Wales, #307 among boys in Scotland, #655 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1999–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #2943 among boys in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1999–2024
Highest recorded position: #191 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1999–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Rome appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 22 years beginning in 1999, and has registered 1,335 births with the name.

Rome across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Rome's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2943 (1999)	#191 (2024)	#191 (2024)	22 of 26	1,335 (1999–2024)	262 (2024)
England and Wales · Girls	#4763 (2016)	#3318 (2024)	#3318 (2024)	8 of 9	43 (2016–2024)	7 (2024)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#755 (2021)	#584 (2023)	#655 (2024)	3 of 4	12 (2021–2024)	5 (2023)

Rome 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 Rome in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	58	6 of 10	10
2010s	412	10 of 10	41
2020sbusiest	862	5 of 10	172

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 172 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2021 and 2022, when recorded births rose by 68, from 104 to 172.

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

Rome appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #191 in England and Wales in 2024.

Rome'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	female	#3318	7	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#191	262	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#213	232	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#269	172	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#410	104	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#436	92	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#429	95	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#572	65	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#743	46	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#698	49	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#833	37	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#825	37	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1024	27	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1051	26	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1303	19	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1911	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2318	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1294	18	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1578	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2174	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#655	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#584	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#307	12	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1999 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #191, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 262 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2021, and 25 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

Romario · #813, 29y
Romaysa · #3447, 12y
Romee · #407, 11y
Romell · #2578, 14y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, 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.

Keri · #191, 20y
Eire · #192, 21y
Pearce · #190, 24y
Riain · #190, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Ace · #191, 29y
Cali · #192, 30y
Corrie · #190, 15y
Eire · #192, 21y

Rome was ranked #191 in England and Wales · Boys in 2024. 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.

Rome 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 Rome without appearing here.

Rome moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2318 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1024 and #4685.
Brooke Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2318 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1911 and #4678.
Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.
Hunter Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.

Moved the opposite way to Rome

Aaron Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rome went from #2943 to #191 while Aaron went from #36 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rome went from #2943 to #191 while Adam went from #21 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rome went from #2943 to #191 while Alan went from #232 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rome went from #2943 to #191 while Alex went from #45 to #171.

Moved the same way as Rome

Albie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rome went from #2943 to #191 and Albie from #750 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rome went from #2943 to #191 and Alfie from #64 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rome went from #2943 to #191 and Alfred from #150 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rome went from #2943 to #191 and Archie from #108 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #191 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rome

Rome at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rome across 3 official records

Rome by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Rome appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Rome at a glance

Rome across 3 official records

Rome by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Rome appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Rome

Rome and the names beside it

Rome moved ahead of

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