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Baby name
Romeo
Boy
Origin of the name
Romeo comes from the Italian, from the Latin Romaeus, a pilgrim going to Rome. Shakespeare made it the name of the hero of Romeo and Juliet.
Rising name
26,864births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 283rank at its peak, in 2024
Where babies named Romeo are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Romeo is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Romeo is most common in Nevada (5 times), Maine (3.1) and Arizona (2.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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