Rome
Pronounced R OW1 M (ARPABET)
- 1 syllable
- Peaked 2024
- 143 years in use
- Biblical
- 3 spellings
How popular is Rome?
Rome is a boys' name, and first appears in 1882. It has been given to 5,399 children — the 1,537th most common boys' name on record.
It is climbing hard: about four times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2024, when 714 children were given it.
Three other spellings are counted in that total — Roam, Rhome and Rohm — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Rome and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Roam
- Rhome
- Rohm
Characteristics
- Biblical (Place)
- 1 syllable
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- R OW1 M
- Stress pattern:
- 1
- Syllables:
- 1
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Rome
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Rome
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Rome?
- Rome ranks 1,537th among boys' names in US records, with 5,399 births since 1882. Over the past decade it accounts for 3,083.
- Is Rome a unisex name?
- No. Rome is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Rome most popular?
- 2024, when 714 children were given the name. It has been in use for 143 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Rome spelled?
- Roam, Rhome, Rohm. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.