# Romeo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/romeo/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Italian |
| Meaning | “roman” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɹoʊmioʊ/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 26,864 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 26,864 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,379, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Romeo, from Ancient Greek Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos, “Roman”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 835 | 361 |
| 2012 | 980 | 322 |
| 2013 | 955 | 338 |
| 2014 | 972 | 341 |
| 2015 | 852 | 380 |
| 2016 | 908 | 366 |
| 2017 | 924 | 358 |
| 2018 | 981 | 342 |
| 2019 | 972 | 347 |
| 2020 | 820 | 378 |
| 2021 | 928 | 351 |
| 2022 | 1,045 | 324 |
| 2023 | 1,132 | 292 |
| 2024 | 1,191 | 283 |
| 2025 | 1,129 | 302 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 127 | 341 |
| 2012 | 168 | 279 |
| 2013 | 167 | 278 |
| 2014 | 138 | 330 |
| 2015 | 133 | 346 |
| 2016 | 140 | 338 |
| 2017 | 126 | 365 |
| 2018 | 125 | 360 |
| 2019 | 172 | 283 |
| 2020 | 194 | 243 |
| 2021 | 214 | 234 |
| 2022 | 242 | 211 |
| 2023 | 218 | 223 |
| 2024 | 270 | 185 |
| 2025 | 260 | 198 |

## People named Romeo

- Roméo Lavia, Belgian association football player
- Romeo Castelen, Dutch footballer
- Romeo Miller, American rapper, actor and basketball player
- Roméo Dallaire, Canadian humanitarian, author, and retired senator and general
- Romeo Beckham, English association football player (born 2002)
- Roméo LeBlanc, Canadian politician (1927-2009)
- Romeo Langford, American basketball player (born 1999)
- Romeo Rivers, Canadian ice hockey player (1907-1986)
- Romeo Zondervan, Dutch footballer
- Romeo Sacchetti, basketball player and coach
- Romeo Vermant, Belgian association football player
- Romeo Travis, American basketball player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.