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
- Peak · girls
- 1928 · 91 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,136since 1887
Romaine over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #8,910 | 8 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #8,255 | 9 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #10,799 | 6 | |
| 2020 | — | #7,502 | 10 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #10,760 | 6 | |
| 2017 | — | #10,775 | 6 | |
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | — | #8,040 | 9 | |
| 2014 | — | #12,108 | 5 | |
| 2013 | — | #10,728 | 6 | |
| 2012 | — | #8,864 | 8 | |
| 2011 | — | #12,287 | 5 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,741 | 15 | |
| 2009 | — | #9,864 | 7 | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | #10,921 | 6 | |
| 2006 | — | #10,662 | 6 | |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | #11,356 | 5 | |
| 2003 | — | #9,581 | 6 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,643 | 8 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,676 | 16 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,839 | 9 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,874 | 7 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,466 | 11 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,618 | 8 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,535 | 10 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,052 | 15 | |
| 1994 | — | #8,800 | 5 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,360 | 10 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,236 | 10 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #4,760 | 11 |
| 1990 | — | #4,407 | 12 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,615 | 8 | |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | #3,599 | 12 |
| 1984 | — | #2,706 | 17 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,411 | 12 | |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 | #3,838 | 10 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | #3,018 | 14 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #3,070 | 13 |
| 1977 | — | #3,037 | 13 | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #2,709 | 15 |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 | #3,246 | 11 |
| 1974 | #3,695 | 17 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 | #2,606 | 14 |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | #2,323 | 16 |
| 1971 | #3,062 | 22 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | #3,872 | 15 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,102 | 19 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,610 | 14 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,656 | 13 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #2,357 | 26 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | #2,464 | 24 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #2,348 | 27 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #2,543 | 23 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,539 | 23 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,673 | 21 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #2,097 | 30 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #2,458 | 22 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #1,908 | 33 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,784 | 37 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,796 | 35 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,978 | 29 | #3,201 | 7 |
| 1954 | #1,409 | 51 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #1,503 | 42 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #1,540 | 39 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,583 | 36 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #1,602 | 34 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,564 | 35 | #2,453 | 10 |
| 1948 | #1,576 | 35 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #1,525 | 38 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,723 | 27 | #2,534 | 9 |
| 1945 | #1,588 | 27 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,236 | 41 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #1,395 | 35 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | #1,300 | 38 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | #1,052 | 48 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #1,080 | 45 | #2,081 | 12 |
| 1939 | #1,066 | 45 | #1,879 | 14 |
| 1938 | #861 | 67 | #2,084 | 12 |
| 1937 | #1,116 | 41 | #1,913 | 14 |
| 1936 | #894 | 58 | #2,062 | 12 |
| 1935 | #840 | 67 | #1,584 | 19 |
| 1934 | #839 | 66 | #2,022 | 13 |
| 1933 | #782 | 71 | #1,644 | 18 |
| 1932 | #808 | 71 | #1,509 | 22 |
| 1931 | #887 | 60 | #1,770 | 17 |
| 1930 | #800 | 78 | #1,753 | 18 |
| 1929 | #752 | 87 | #1,933 | 16 |
| 1928 | #742 | 91 | #1,960 | 16 |
| 1927 | #817 | 80 | #1,871 | 18 |
| 1926 | #931 | 64 | #1,911 | 17 |
| 1925 | #877 | 71 | #1,745 | 20 |
| 1924 | #868 | 74 | #2,822 | 10 |
| 1923 | #889 | 68 | #2,772 | 10 |
| 1922 | #776 | 88 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1921 | #837 | 78 | #2,632 | 11 |
| 1920 | #845 | 73 | #2,459 | 12 |
| 1919 | #831 | 71 | #2,385 | 12 |
| 1918 | #869 | 68 | #2,699 | 10 |
| 1917 | #859 | 64 | #2,562 | 10 |
| 1916 | #1,005 | 47 | #1,549 | 21 |
| 1915 | #958 | 48 | #2,184 | 12 |
| 1914 | #777 | 55 | #1,868 | 12 |
| 1913 | #881 | 36 | — | |
| 1912 | #795 | 39 | #1,619 | 10 |
| 1911 | #982 | 20 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,030 | 18 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,219 | 12 | — | |
| 1908 | #939 | 18 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,142 | 12 | — | |
| 1906 | #917 | 16 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,093 | 12 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,170 | 10 | — | |
| 1903 | #931 | 14 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,231 | 10 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,099 | 9 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | #1,202 | 8 | — | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1887
- Peaked 1928 at #742 (91 births)
- Births halved by 1937, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1917–1936
- 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%)
- 24.7% of all girls named Romaine (774) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1987, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #1,147 (1889) | #1,147 |
| 1890s | 22 | #1,099 (1899) | #1,334 |
| 1900s | 116 | #917 (1906) | #1,170 |
| 1910s | 466 | #777 (1914) | #899 |
| 1920s | 774 | #742 (1928) | #833 |
| 1930s | 624 | #782 (1933) | #889 |
| 1940s | 369 | #1,052 (1941) | #1,404 |
| 1950s | 358 | #1,409 (1954) | #1,756 |
| 1960s | 220 | #2,097 (1960) | #2,739 |
| 1970s | 110 | #3,062 (1971) | #5,489 |
| 1980s | 61 | #5,544 (1980) | #7,593 |
| 1990s | 5 | #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 1936
Top girls' names in 1936
Top boys' names in 1936
More about 1936
girls
1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 17,938 of them was named Romaine, which outranked 81.6% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #888Lea59
- #888Marge59
- #888Zora59
- #894Romaine58
- #894Alda58
- #894Dorine58
- #894Eve58
- #901Coral57
- #901Delilah57
- #901Golda57
Tied with 6 names at #894; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
- ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
- ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
- ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
- ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 86,434 of them was named Romaine, which outranked 48.9% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,964Wilhelm13
- #1,964Wilma13
- #1,964Yvonne13
- #2,062Romaine12
- #2,062Ace12
- #2,062Alfonse12
- #2,062Almond12
- #2,184Acy11
- #2,184Adrien11
- #2,184Adron11
Tied with 121 names at #2,062; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.