Rome
Rome is a distinctive choice, ranked #233 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Rome in their class.
About the Name Rome
Rome is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 128 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #743 in 2017 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 1999.
Rome is fairly common in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Rome in their class.
In the US it ranks even higher at #453, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
⭐ Famous People Named Rome
- No Rome — Guendoline Rome Viray Gomez, better known by his stage name No Rome, is a London-based Filipino musician from San Francisco del Monte.
- Rome Ramirez — Roman Rene Ramirez is an American singer and guitarist best known for playing with Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh from Sublime in the band Sublime with Rome.
- March on Rome — The March on Rome (Italian: Marcia su Roma) was an organized mass demonstration in October 1922 which resulted in Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party (Partito Nazionale Fascista, PNF) ascending to power in the Kingdom of Italy.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Rome
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Rome
Almost certainly the only Rome in the class
UK Popularity (1999–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2025)
Rank · SSA official data
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