Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Romario isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Romario through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,128
- 1,128 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 102 babies
- 2025
- 25
- #4,227 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +36%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 25 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,227 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 36.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 102 in 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,626 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Romario’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Romario has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Romário.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Romario
- Romario IbarraEcuadorian professional football playerborn 1994
- Romario WilliamsJamaican footballerborn 1994
- Romario BenzarRomanian association football playerborn 1992
- Romario BarthéléryMartinique association football playerborn 1994
- Romario RöschGerman association football playerborn 1999
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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