Romaine

Last seen for girls in 1991 at #13,147 · #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
Given to girls 76.0% of the time

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Peak · girls
1928 · 91 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,136
since 1887

Romaine over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201917peak #742, 1928peak #1,509, 1932girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#8,9108
2024
2023#8,2559
2022
2021#10,7996
2020#7,50210
2019
2018#10,7606
2017#10,7756
2016#10,7446
2015#8,0409
2014#12,1085
2013#10,7286
2012#8,8648
2011#12,2875
2010#5,74115
2009#9,8647
2008
2007#10,9216
2006#10,6626
2005
2004#11,3565
2003#9,5816
2002#7,6438
2001#4,67616
2000#6,8399
1999#7,8747
1998#5,46611
1997#6,6188
1996#5,53510
1995#4,05215
1994#8,8005
1993#5,36010
1992#5,23610
1991#13,1475#4,76011
1990#4,40712
1989#5,6158
1988#10,3866#4,45010
1987#9,8256#6,9515
1986#7,7498
1985#6,9559#3,59912
1984#2,70617
1983#3,41112
1982#6,37110#3,69211
1981#6,32310#3,85810
1980#5,54412#3,83810
1979#6,6969#3,01814
1978#8,5626#3,07013
1977#3,03713
1976#9,2845#2,70915
1975#4,59313#3,24611
1974#3,69517
1973#4,15514#2,60614
1972#5,4809#2,32316
1971#3,06222#2,81312
1970#3,87215
1969#3,10219
1968#3,61014
1967#3,65613#3,5596
1966#2,35726#3,2497
1965#2,46424#3,2447
1964#2,34827#3,2827
1963#2,54323
1962#2,53923
1961#2,67321#3,0978
1960#2,09730#4,0385
1959#2,45822#3,9885
1958#1,90833
1957#1,78437
1956#1,79635
1955#1,97829#3,2017
1954#1,40951#3,8275
1953#1,50342#3,1437
1952#1,54039
1951#1,58336#3,7145
1950#1,60234
1949#1,56435#2,45310
1948#1,57635#3,0107
1947#1,52538
1946#1,72327#2,5349
1945#1,58827
1944#1,23641#3,4305
1943#1,39535#3,2316
1942#1,30038#3,2126
1941#1,05248#2,33310
1940#1,08045#2,08112
1939#1,06645#1,87914
1938#86167#2,08412
1937#1,11641#1,91314
1936#89458#2,06212
1935#84067#1,58419
1934#83966#2,02213
1933#78271#1,64418
1932#80871#1,50922
1931#88760#1,77017
1930#80078#1,75318
1929#75287#1,93316
1928#74291#1,96016
1927#81780#1,87118
1926#93164#1,91117
1925#87771#1,74520
1924#86874#2,82210
1923#88968#2,77210
1922#77688#2,04016
1921#83778#2,63211
1920#84573#2,45912
1919#83171#2,38512
1918#86968#2,69910
1917#85964#2,56210
1916#1,00547#1,54921
1915#95848#2,18412
1914#77755#1,86812
1913#88136
1912#79539#1,61910
1911#98220
1910#1,03018
1909#1,21912
1908#93918
1907#1,14212
1906#91716
1905#1,09312
1904#1,17010
1903#93114
1902#1,5946
1901#1,4666
1900#1,23110
1899#1,0999
1898#1,7005
1897
1896
1895#1,2028
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889#1,1476
1888
1887#1,1475
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1887

The first year at least five girls were named Romaine! It came in at #1,147, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1887–1888, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

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Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1991
  • Biggest jump: 663 spots in 1903 (#1,594#931)
  • Biggest drop: 280 spots in 1909 (#939#1,219)
Rise & fade · girls
41 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1887
  • Peaked 1928 at #742 (91 births)
  • Births halved by 1937, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 29 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1917–1936
Share of babies · girls
1 in 12,674
  • Highest: 1 in 12,674 girls born in 1928 were named Romaine (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 375,001 girls born in 1991 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 24.7% of all girls named Romaine (774) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1988
  • Mostly girls until 1987, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s11#1,147 (1889)#1,147
1890s22#1,099 (1899)#1,334
1900s116#917 (1906)#1,170
1910s466#777 (1914)#899
1920s774#742 (1928)#833
1930s624#782 (1933)#889
1940s369#1,052 (1941)#1,404
1950s358#1,409 (1954)#1,756
1960s220#2,097 (1960)#2,739
1970s110#3,062 (1971)#5,489
1980s61#5,544 (1980)#7,593
1990s5#13,147 (1991)#13,147

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Romaine in 1917

girls
#859
64 births · 1 in 16,895 girls
boys
#2,562
10 births · 1 in 92,548 boys

Top girls' names in 1917

  1. #1Mary64,280
  2. #2Helen34,251
  3. #3Dorothy28,852
  4. #4Margaret25,560
  5. #5Ruth23,568
  6. #6Mildred16,256
  7. #7Anna15,160
  8. #8Elizabeth15,131
  9. #9Frances14,363
  10. #10Virginia14,261
  11. #859Romaine64

Top boys' names in 1917

  1. #1John51,852
  2. #2William42,422
  3. #3James37,337
  4. #4Robert35,220
  5. #5Joseph24,761
  6. #6George24,196
  7. #7Charles24,143
  8. #8Edward17,501
  9. #9Frank15,768
  10. #10Thomas12,611
  11. #2,562Romaine10
More about 1917

girls

1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 16,895 of them was named Romaine, which outranked 83.8% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Romaine
  1. #849Vernell65
  2. #849Vita65
  3. #849Zita65
  4. #859Romaine64
  5. #859Alida64
  6. #859Bernardine64
  7. #859Cleora64
  8. #866Albertine63
  9. #866Alline63
  10. #866Clemmie63

Tied with 6 names at #859; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 549Georgene#1,445#896
  2. 380Ottie#1,332#952
  3. 365Louis#1,298#933
  4. 334Valentine#1,298#964
  5. 322Harold#1,210#888
Fallers
  1. 401Ceola#840#1,241
  2. 373Floretta#964#1,337
  3. 344Buelah#993#1,337
  4. 326Glennie#915#1,241
  5. 290Maye#915#1,205

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 92,548 of them was named Romaine, which outranked 44.3% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Romaine
  1. #2,423Windsor11
  2. #2,423Yates11
  3. #2,423Zoltan11
  4. #2,562Romaine10
  5. #2,562Adger10
  6. #2,562Algernon10
  7. #2,562Arbie10
  8. #2,732Adair9
  9. #2,732Alba9
  10. #2,732Aldred9

Tied with 169 names at #2,562; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 520Nicolas#1,304#784
  2. 469Hezekiah#1,415#946
  3. 433Hilliard#1,415#982
  4. 404Rayford#1,304#900
  5. 338Minoru#1,335#997
Fallers
  1. 1,738Tatsuo#824#2,562
  2. 709Berlin#984#1,693
  3. 556Prentice#972#1,528
  4. 473Manning#964#1,437
  5. 457Lovell#939#1,396

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1917