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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201931peak #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.

See more about Romaine
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 1931

girls
#887
60 births · 1 in 17,745 girls
boys
#1,770
17 births · 1 in 61,157 boys

Top girls' names in 1931

  1. #1Mary60,299
  2. #2Betty36,105
  3. #3Dorothy26,524
  4. #4Barbara21,804
  5. #5Joan19,119
  6. #6Helen17,664
  7. #7Margaret17,332
  8. #8Patricia16,469
  9. #9Shirley14,405
  10. #10Doris13,629
  11. #887Romaine60

Top boys' names in 1931

  1. #1Robert60,519
  2. #2James51,212
  3. #3John48,423
  4. #4William43,280
  5. #5Richard31,822
  6. #6Charles29,934
  7. #7Donald29,100
  8. #8George20,685
  9. #9Joseph19,326
  10. #10Thomas16,847
  11. #1,770Romaine17
More about 1931

girls

1,064,728 girls got a published name in 1931; 1 in 17,745 of them was named Romaine, which outranked 82.2% of the 4,979 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Romaine
  1. #876Rutha61
  2. #876Vernie61
  3. #876Versie61
  4. #887Romaine60
  5. #887Amparo60
  6. #887Carrol60
  7. #887Chloe60
  8. #899Ardell59
  9. #899Elmira59
  10. #899Era59

Tied with 11 names at #887; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1930
Risers
  1. 857Joretta#1,320#463
  2. 519Joetta#1,460#941
  3. 483Sondra#1,031#548
  4. 465Celine#1,460#995
  5. 343Lynne#1,274#931
Fallers
  1. 377Margo#937#1,314
  2. 349Rachael#894#1,243
  3. 317Evelyne#926#1,243
  4. 287Vivien#971#1,258
  5. 283Ardeth#629#912

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

boys

1,039,665 boys got a published name in 1931; 1 in 61,157 of them was named Romaine, which outranked 59.0% of the 4,321 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Romaine
  1. #1,693Waylon18
  2. #1,693Westley18
  3. #1,693Yoshio18
  4. #1,770Romaine17
  5. #1,770Adalberto17
  6. #1,770Aldon17
  7. #1,770Ardis17
  8. #1,843Abelardo16
  9. #1,843Alcide16
  10. #1,843Aloys16

Tied with 72 names at #1,770; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1930
Risers
  1. 794Kenton#1,753#959
  2. 420Wyman#1,330#910
  3. 408Jan#1,330#922
  4. 402Leopold#1,399#997
  5. 398Odie#1,299#901
Fallers
  1. 513Artie#976#1,489
  2. 469Arnulfo#892#1,361
  3. 385Rose#832#1,217
  4. 357Ransom#976#1,333
  5. 343Jodie#990#1,333

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

See the top 100 for 1931