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Romeo
Pronounced /ˈɹoʊmioʊ/
Rank in 2024
#283
Born in 2024
1,188
Peak year
2024 · #283
Origin
Romance languages
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,188 boys were named Romeo, about 1 in every 1,444.
- 2024 is its biggest year on record.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 25,728 boys have been named Romeo since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Romeo per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.3Gen Z1997–12
- 0.5Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 1,739 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Silent: 1,086 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Boomers: 917 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 918 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,355 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Z: 7,959 babies, 0.25 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 11,672 babies, 0.54 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from Italian Romeo, from Ancient Greek Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos, “Roman”).
- A male given name from the Romance languages.
- Origin
- Romance languages
- Say it
- /ˈɹoʊmioʊ/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Romeo, CC BY-SA 4.0.