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How popular is “Rome” in the USA?

Number of people named “Rome” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Rome” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Rome” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Rome” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Rome” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Rome” by birth year

This chart shows how “Rome” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1882 7 0.000031598 7 -100%
1883 5 0.000023047 5 -100%
1884 5 0.000020537 5 -100%
1885 9 0.000037367 9 -100%
1887 5 0.000020211 5 -100%
1888 10 0.000033392 10 -100%
1892 5 0.000014953 5 -100%
1893 9 0.000027673 9 -100%
1900 5 0.000011105 5 -100%
1902 5 0.000012929 5 -100%
1908 5 0.000010232 5 -100%
1912 6 0.000006072 6 -100%
1914 6 0.000004236 6 -100%
1915 7 0.00000382 7 -100%
1916 16 0.000008271 16 -100%
1917 7 0.000003488 7 -100%
1918 9 0.000004145 9 -100%
1919 7 0.000003317 7 -100%
1920 11 0.000004862 11 -100%
1921 16 0.000006854 16 -100%
1922 16 0.000006989 16 -100%
1923 9 0.000003909 9 -100%
1924 13 0.000005458 13 -100%
1925 12 0.000005143 12 -100%
1926 13 0.000005662 13 -100%
1928 12 0.000005308 12 -100%
1929 10 0.000004562 10 -100%
1931 7 0.000003326 7 -100%
1932 6 0.000002842 6 -100%
1933 11 0.000005502 11 -100%
1935 8 0.000003828 8 -100%
1938 6 0.000002712 6 -100%
1939 5 0.000002269 5 -100%
1943 8 0.000002834 8 -100%
1944 8 0.000002974 8 -100%
1945 5 0.000001885 5 -100%
1947 9 0.000002498 9 -100%
1948 8 0.000002317 8 -100%
1949 6 0.000001722 6 -100%
1950 9 0.000002569 9 -100%
1951 15 0.000004072 15 -100%
1952 14 0.000003686 14 -100%
1953 6 0.000001557 6 -100%
1954 8 0.00000201 8 -100%
1955 15 0.000003736 15 -100%
1956 11 0.000002668 11 -100%
1958 11 0.000002661 11 -100%
1959 9 0.000002165 9 -100%
1960 12 0.000002889 12 -100%
1961 11 0.000002656 11 -100%
1963 7 0.000001768 7 -100%
1964 13 0.000003344 13 -100%
1965 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1966 9 0.000002589 9 -100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 -100%
1968 9 0.000002664 9 -100%
1969 24 0.000006906 24 -100%
1970 24 0.000006655 24 -100%
1971 23 0.000006701 5 18 -57%
1972 11 0.0000035 11 -100%
1973 8 0.000002652 8 -100%
1974 12 0.000003947 12 -100%
1975 16 0.000005299 16 -100%
1976 12 0.000003955 12 -100%
1977 7 0.000002204 7 -100%
1978 11 0.000003466 11 -100%
1979 6 0.000001803 6 -100%
1980 5 0.000001452 5 -100%
1981 7 0.000002023 7 -100%
1982 5 0.000001425 5 -100%
1983 15 0.000004331 15 -100%
1984 12 0.00000344 12 -100%
1985 7 0.000001961 7 -100%
1986 15 0.000004217 15 -100%
1987 8 0.000002219 8 -100%
1988 8 0.000002165 8 -100%
1989 5 0.000001301 5 -100%
1990 6 0.000001518 6 -100%
1991 16 0.000004108 16 -100%
1992 7 0.000001822 7 -100%
1994 9 0.000002421 9 -100%
1995 12 0.000003277 12 -100%
1996 9 0.000002468 9 -100%
1997 19 0.00000524 19 -100%
1998 24 0.000006525 24 -100%
1999 22 0.000005956 22 -100%
2000 20 0.000005291 20 -100%
2001 30 0.000008014 30 -100%
2002 31 0.000008293 31 -100%
2003 24 0.000006312 24 -100%
2004 47 0.000012301 47 -100%
2005 59 0.000015345 59 -100%
2006 68 0.000017188 8 60 -76%
2007 85 0.000021262 7 78 -84%
2008 84 0.00002137 7 77 -83%
2009 89 0.000023297 7 82 -84%
2010 80 0.000021647 9 71 -77%
2011 119 0.000032533 10 109 -83%
2012 100 0.000027342 10 90 -80%
2013 119 0.000032641 11 108 -82%
2014 140 0.000037773 15 125 -79%
2015 142 0.000038369 20 122 -72%
2016 158 0.000043067 16 142 -80%
2017 155 0.000043342 25 130 -68%
2018 203 0.000057738 24 179 -76%
2019 241 0.000069434 32 209 -73%
2020 253 0.000075735 31 222 -75%
2021 351 0.000103603 37 314 -79%
2022 458 0.000135377 39 419 -83%
2023 632 0.000190868 61 571 -81%
2024 751 0.000225627 63 688 -83%

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