Romeo
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning pilgrim to Rome.
Babies a year
260
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#302
down from #283
UK popularity
#198
260 babies · down from #185
How Romeo has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #380 |
| 2016 | #367 |
| 2017 | #358 |
| 2018 | #340 |
| 2019 | #347 |
| 2020 | #378 |
| 2021 | #350 |
| 2022 | #323 |
| 2023 | #293 |
| 2024 | #283 |
| 2025 | #302 |
Romeo by the numbers
In 2025, 260 babies in England and Wales were named Romeo. In the US, 913 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 979 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Romeo. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a traveller
Like Romeo, each of these has a traveller in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Fernandobold voyager; adventurous journey1,139 in the US (2017)
- Palmerpalm bearer; pilgrim to Holy Land424 in the US (2017)
- Tripptraveler; one who takes trips363 in the US (2017)
- Wallaceforeigner; Welsh person; from Old English Wealh196 in the US (2017)
- Wolfgangwolf path or wolf journey117 in the US (2017)
- Gersonstranger or sojourner; son of Ger113 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Romeo
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