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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #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 1920

girls
#845
73 births · 1 in 16,415 girls
boys
#2,459
12 births · 1 in 88,696 boys

Top girls' names in 1920

  1. #1Mary70,983
  2. #2Dorothy36,643
  3. #3Helen35,097
  4. #4Margaret27,994
  5. #5Ruth26,102
  6. #6Mildred18,060
  7. #7Virginia17,314
  8. #8Elizabeth15,908
  9. #9Frances15,883
  10. #10Anna14,581
  11. #845Romaine73

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #2,459Romaine12
More about 1920

girls

1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 16,415 of them was named Romaine, which outranked 85.3% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Romaine
  1. #836Stephania75
  2. #843Loyce74
  3. #843Prudence74
  4. #845Romaine73
  5. #845Alverta73
  6. #845Enola73
  7. #845Laurine73
  8. #850Beverley72
  9. #850Dominga72
  10. #850Eda72

Tied with 4 names at #845; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 550Denise#1,481#931
  2. 321Blossom#1,242#921
  3. 311Lilia#1,242#931
  4. 302Ena#1,270#968
  5. 277Lorayne#1,216#939
Fallers
  1. 594Haruko#917#1,511
  2. 511Roselle#1,000#1,511
  3. 345Toshiko#967#1,312
  4. 304Carroll#902#1,206
  5. 297Santina#835#1,132

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

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 88,696 of them was named Romaine, which outranked 50.7% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Romaine
  1. #2,336Zebedee13
  2. #2,336Zenon13
  3. #2,336Zygmund13
  4. #2,459Romaine12
  5. #2,459Able12
  6. #2,459Aden12
  7. #2,459Ambrosio12
  8. #2,602Abbie11
  9. #2,602Addis11
  10. #2,602Adrin11

Tied with 142 names at #2,459; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 960Harding#1,351#391
  2. 607Cameron#1,351#744
  3. 566Hardin#1,531#965
  4. 392Laurel#1,321#929
  5. 368Terrence#1,297#929
Fallers
  1. 789Pershing#593#1,382
  2. 580Woodroe#877#1,457
  3. 385Quinten#867#1,252
  4. 383Orvel#890#1,273
  5. 373Rexford#927#1,300

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

See the top 100 for 1920