Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Romero

#3,294 most common boys' name of all time · #7,997 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1937–2025

Rank among boys
#3,294
Rank overall
#7,997 of 105,966
First appeared
1937
Years on the list
82 of 146
All-time
1,844
Since 2016
368
Peak year
2019 #2,742
Best rank
#1,681 1973
Girls Boys peak 46/yr
19401960198020002020

Romero first appears in 1937. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 42 42 #2,955
2024 — 44 44 #2,882
2023 — 32 32 #3,586
2022 — 38 38 #3,166
2021 — 30 30 #3,673
2020 — 41 41 #2,899
2019 — 46 46 #2,742
2018 — 39 39 #3,018
2017 — 31 31 #3,527
2016 — 25 25 #4,126
2015 — 24 24 #4,205
2014 — 29 29 #3,635
2013 — 34 34 #3,208
2012 — 34 34 #3,251
2011 — 37 37 #3,069
2010 — 30 30 #3,564
2009 — 24 24 #4,187
2008 — 30 30 #3,579
2007 — 28 28 #3,720
2006 — 34 34 #3,170
2005 — 40 40 #2,715
2004 — 31 31 #3,173
2003 — 25 25 #3,551
2002 — 23 23 #3,699
2001 — 34 34 #2,757
2000 — 44 44 #2,235
1999 — 35 35 #2,528
1998 — 36 36 #2,410
1997 — 33 33 #2,471
1996 — 27 27 #2,774
1995 — 40 40 #2,079
1994 — 35 35 #2,275
1993 — 15 15 #4,077
1992 — 21 21 #3,149
1991 — 30 30 #2,375
1990 — 26 26 #2,585
1989 — 19 19 #3,138
1988 — 22 22 #2,638
1987 — 25 25 #2,309
1986 — 16 16 #3,058
1985 — 23 23 #2,329
1984 — 18 18 #2,647
1983 — 22 22 #2,308
1982 — 19 19 #2,555
1981 — 22 22 #2,305
1980 — 20 20 #2,487
1979 — 25 25 #2,082
1978 — 24 24 #2,044
1977 — 20 20 #2,315
1976 — 10 10 #3,583
1975 — 15 15 #2,703
1974 — 28 28 #1,723
1973 — 28 28 #1,681
1972 — 18 18 #2,208
1971 — 24 24 #1,848
1970 — 22 22 #1,923
1969 — 15 15 #2,286
1968 — 14 14 #2,286
1967 — 13 13 #2,323
1966 — 18 18 #1,876
1965 — 11 11 #2,585
1964 — 14 14 #2,284
1963 — 13 13 #2,389
1962 — 5 5 #4,420
1961 — 16 16 #2,140
1960 — 15 15 #2,199
1959 — 7 7 #3,533
1958 — 8 8 #3,227
1957 — 6 6 #3,882
1956 — 9 9 #2,937
1955 — 8 8 #3,167
1954 — 10 10 #2,725
1953 — 16 16 #2,029
1952 — 9 9 #2,857
1950 — 5 5 #4,098
1948 — 5 5 #4,122
1947 — 7 7 #3,350
1946 — 8 8 #2,904
1945 — 5 5 #3,747
1943 — 10 10 #2,558
1940 — 5 5 #3,904
1937 — 5 5 #4,013