Romero is a rare boys' name that peaked in 2019 and remains in steady use.
Romero is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,978 for boy births in the United States (and #6,389 across all names), given to 42 babies. Romero was first reported in SSA data in 1937 and peaked in 2019 (46 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | 42 | #2,978 |
| 2024 | 44 | 44 | #2,903 |
| 2023 | 32 | 32 | #3,618 |
| 2022 | 38 | 38 | #3,204 |
| 2021 | 30 | 30 | #3,719 |
| 2020 | 41 | 41 | #2,913 |
| 2019 | 46 | 46 | #2,759 |
| 2018 | 39 | 39 | #3,042 |
| 2017 | 31 | 31 | #3,571 |
| 2016 | 25 | 25 | #4,176 |
| 2015 | 24 | 24 | #4,267 |
| 2014 | 29 | 29 | #3,675 |
| 2013 | 34 | 34 | #3,252 |
| 2012 | 34 | 34 | #3,288 |
| 2011 | 37 | 37 | #3,097 |
| 2010 | 30 | 30 | #3,612 |
| 2009 | 24 | 24 | #4,252 |
| 2008 | 30 | 30 | #3,631 |
| 2007 | 28 | 28 | #3,772 |
| 2006 | 34 | 34 | #3,206 |
| 2005 | 40 | 40 | #2,745 |
| 2004 | 31 | 31 | #3,204 |
| 2003 | 25 | 25 | #3,610 |
| 2002 | 23 | 23 | #3,754 |
| 2001 | 34 | 34 | #2,779 |
| 2000 | 44 | 44 | #2,245 |
| 1999 | 35 | 35 | #2,545 |
| 1998 | 36 | 36 | #2,437 |
| 1997 | 33 | — | #2,490 |
| 1996 | 27 | — | #2,818 |
| 1995 | 40 | — | #2,091 |
| 1994 | 35 | — | #2,295 |
| 1993 | 15 | — | #4,183 |
| 1992 | 21 | — | #3,195 |
| 1991 | 30 | — | #2,388 |
| 1990 | 26 | — | #2,606 |
| 1989 | 19 | — | #3,182 |
| 1988 | 22 | — | #2,667 |
| 1987 | 25 | — | #2,318 |
| 1986 | 16 | — | #3,101 |
| 1985 | 23 | — | #2,342 |
| 1984 | 18 | — | #2,686 |
| 1983 | 22 | — | #2,324 |
| 1982 | 19 | — | #2,580 |
| 1981 | 22 | — | #2,322 |
| 1980 | 20 | — | #2,514 |
| 1979 | 25 | — | #2,093 |
| 1978 | 24 | — | #2,057 |
| 1977 | 20 | — | #2,339 |
| 1976 | 10 | — | #3,665 |
| 1975 | 15 | — | #2,730 |
| 1974 | 28 | — | #1,740 |
| 1973 | 28 | — | #1,690 |
| 1972 | 18 | — | #2,227 |
| 1971 | 24 | — | #1,853 |
| 1970 | 22 | — | #1,927 |
| 1969 | 15 | — | #2,289 |
| 1968 | 14 | — | #2,288 |
| 1967 | 13 | — | #2,330 |
| 1966 | 18 | — | #1,873 |
| 1965 | 11 | — | #2,590 |
| 1964 | 14 | — | #2,292 |
| 1963 | 13 | — | #2,395 |
| 1962 | 5 | — | #4,521 |
| 1961 | 16 | — | #2,130 |
| 1960 | 15 | — | #2,189 |
| 1959 | 7 | — | #3,545 |
| 1958 | 8 | — | #3,231 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | #3,909 |
| 1956 | 9 | — | #2,931 |
| 1955 | 8 | — | #3,164 |
| 1954 | 10 | — | #2,707 |
| 1953 | 16 | — | #2,023 |
| 1952 | 9 | — | #2,840 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | #4,111 |
| 1948 | 5 | — | #4,090 |
| 1947 | 7 | — | #3,322 |
| 1946 | 8 | — | #2,876 |
| 1945 | 5 | — | #3,694 |
| 1943 | 10 | — | #2,533 |
| 1940 | 5 | — | #3,848 |
| 1937 | 5 | — | #3,924 |