Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Romulus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 454
- 454 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 31 babies
- 2025
- 23
- #4,510 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +85%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 23 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,510 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 85.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 461 as a first name in 2020; 731 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Romulus’s family of names
Romulus has a related form in Romulo. Romulus has a related form in Romolo. Romulus has a related form in Roemello.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Romulus
- Romulus GaborRomanian footballerborn 1961
- Romulus of GenoaBishop of Genoa301–500
- Romulus WhitakerIndian herpetologistborn 1943
- Romulus of Fiesolebishop
- Romulus LinneyAmerican dramatist (1930–2011)
- Romulus CândeaRomanian historian1886–1973
- Romulus M. SaundersAmerican politician1791–1867
- Romulus Z. LinneyAmerican politician (1841-1910)
- Romulus Bărbulescuscience fiction writer (1925-2010)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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