Roman
#5,410 for girls in 2025, 23 births · #42 for boys in 2025, 6,162 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 6,162 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 10 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 104,653since 1882
Roman over time
Rank among boys' names. 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 | #5,410 | 23 | #42 | 6,162 |
| 2024 | #4,893 | 27 | #52 | 5,502 |
| 2023 | #4,873 | 27 | #66 | 4,803 |
| 2022 | #5,984 | 20 | #68 | 4,740 |
| 2021 | #4,413 | 31 | #74 | 4,571 |
| 2020 | #4,648 | 28 | #77 | 4,491 |
| 2019 | #4,437 | 31 | #72 | 4,919 |
| 2018 | #6,521 | 18 | #86 | 4,390 |
| 2017 | #5,661 | 22 | #91 | 4,282 |
| 2016 | #4,990 | 27 | #98 | 4,222 |
| 2015 | #5,288 | 25 | #102 | 3,889 |
| 2014 | #7,302 | 16 | #113 | 3,481 |
| 2013 | #9,036 | 12 | #136 | 2,886 |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 | #159 | 2,577 |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 | #157 | 2,466 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | #186 | 1,993 |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | #206 | 1,837 |
| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 | #205 | 1,933 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | #207 | 1,891 |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 | #209 | 1,819 |
| 2005 | — | #205 | 1,867 | |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | #238 | 1,398 |
| 2003 | — | #294 | 1,049 | |
| 2002 | — | #284 | 1,045 | |
| 2001 | — | #297 | 985 | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #317 | 906 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #337 | 787 |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | #336 | 806 |
| 1997 | — | #347 | 739 | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #361 | 672 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #368 | 649 |
| 1994 | — | #376 | 623 | |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #358 | 661 |
| 1992 | — | #371 | 626 | |
| 1991 | — | #377 | 601 | |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #374 | 623 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 | #385 | 572 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | #390 | 507 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #444 | 404 |
| 1986 | — | #435 | 390 | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #450 | 363 |
| 1984 | — | #405 | 410 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #414 | 386 |
| 1982 | — | #435 | 371 | |
| 1981 | — | #495 | 286 | |
| 1980 | — | #535 | 258 | |
| 1979 | — | #493 | 285 | |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | #502 | 260 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #470 | 293 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #436 | 318 |
| 1975 | — | #413 | 350 | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #418 | 349 |
| 1973 | — | #408 | 364 | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #418 | 360 |
| 1971 | — | #408 | 391 | |
| 1970 | — | #423 | 376 | |
| 1969 | — | #489 | 247 | |
| 1968 | — | #513 | 216 | |
| 1967 | — | #601 | 154 | |
| 1966 | — | #601 | 153 | |
| 1965 | — | #560 | 184 | |
| 1964 | — | #587 | 182 | |
| 1963 | — | #585 | 182 | |
| 1962 | — | #569 | 190 | |
| 1961 | — | #640 | 149 | |
| 1960 | — | #662 | 140 | |
| 1959 | — | #621 | 155 | |
| 1958 | — | #586 | 174 | |
| 1957 | — | #595 | 167 | |
| 1956 | — | #567 | 178 | |
| 1955 | — | #588 | 156 | |
| 1954 | — | #553 | 174 | |
| 1953 | — | #519 | 184 | |
| 1952 | — | #565 | 154 | |
| 1951 | — | #544 | 156 | |
| 1950 | — | #555 | 148 | |
| 1949 | — | #563 | 144 | |
| 1948 | — | #626 | 117 | |
| 1947 | — | #634 | 118 | |
| 1946 | — | #674 | 92 | |
| 1945 | — | #627 | 93 | |
| 1944 | — | #656 | 90 | |
| 1943 | — | #572 | 122 | |
| 1942 | — | #575 | 116 | |
| 1941 | — | #597 | 99 | |
| 1940 | — | #521 | 124 | |
| 1939 | — | #604 | 93 | |
| 1938 | — | #568 | 106 | |
| 1937 | — | #621 | 87 | |
| 1936 | — | #527 | 117 | |
| 1935 | — | #558 | 106 | |
| 1934 | — | #494 | 135 | |
| 1933 | — | #491 | 130 | |
| 1932 | — | #436 | 166 | |
| 1931 | — | #416 | 184 | |
| 1930 | — | #461 | 165 | |
| 1929 | — | #431 | 187 | |
| 1928 | — | #404 | 220 | |
| 1927 | — | #387 | 235 | |
| 1926 | — | #396 | 223 | |
| 1925 | — | #399 | 224 | |
| 1924 | — | #380 | 247 | |
| 1923 | — | #373 | 256 | |
| 1922 | — | #377 | 255 | |
| 1921 | — | #378 | 257 | |
| 1920 | — | #379 | 248 | |
| 1919 | — | #357 | 258 | |
| 1918 | — | #354 | 269 | |
| 1917 | — | #348 | 256 | |
| 1916 | — | #324 | 265 | |
| 1915 | — | #350 | 234 | |
| 1914 | — | #335 | 191 | |
| 1913 | — | #359 | 134 | |
| 1912 | — | #421 | 86 | |
| 1911 | — | #368 | 57 | |
| 1910 | — | #396 | 44 | |
| 1909 | — | #436 | 33 | |
| 1908 | — | #365 | 39 | |
| 1907 | — | #405 | 31 | |
| 1906 | — | #400 | 29 | |
| 1905 | — | #370 | 31 | |
| 1904 | — | #444 | 23 | |
| 1903 | — | #505 | 18 | |
| 1902 | — | #426 | 23 | |
| 1901 | — | #453 | 18 | |
| 1900 | — | #534 | 20 | |
| 1899 | — | #402 | 21 | |
| 1898 | — | #418 | 22 | |
| 1897 | — | #438 | 19 | |
| 1896 | — | #534 | 15 | |
| 1895 | — | #456 | 19 | |
| 1894 | — | #668 | 10 | |
| 1893 | — | #705 | 9 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #597 | 10 | |
| 1890 | — | #629 | 10 | |
| 1889 | — | #525 | 13 | |
| 1888 | — | #528 | 14 | |
| 1887 | — | #420 | 16 | |
| 1886 | — | #647 | 9 | |
| 1885 | — | #765 | 7 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #597 | 10 | |
| 1882 | — | #754 | 7 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Roman! It came in at #754, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Roman
- 10 spots since 2024 (#52 → #42)
- 35 spots since 2020 (#77 → #42)
- 60 spots since 2015 (#102 → #42)
- Biggest jump: 227 spots in 1887 (#647 → #420)
- Biggest drop: 132 spots in 1900 (#402 → #534)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 2025 at #42 (6,162 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 10 yrs · run 2016–2025
- Top 1,000: 142 yrs · run 1893–2025
- Highest: 1 in 277 boys born in 2025 were named Roman (0.36%)
- 33.5% of all boys named Roman (35,105) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 76 | #420 (1887) | #605 |
| 1890s | 135 | #402 (1899) | #539 |
| 1900s | 265 | #365 (1908) | #434 |
| 1910s | 1,794 | #324 (1916) | #361 |
| 1920s | 2,352 | #373 (1923) | #390 |
| 1930s | 1,289 | #416 (1931) | #518 |
| 1940s | 1,115 | #521 (1940) | #605 |
| 1950s | 1,646 | #519 (1953) | #569 |
| 1960s | 1,797 | #489 (1969) | #581 |
| 1970s | 3,346 | #408 (1971) | #439 |
| 1980s | 3,947 | #385 (1989) | #439 |
| 1990s | 6,787 | #336 (1998) | #361 |
| 2000s | 14,730 | #205 (2008) | #246 |
| 2010s | 35,105 | #72 (2019) | #120 |
| 2020s | 30,269 | #42 (2025) | #63 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Roman in 1976
Top girls' names in 1976
Top boys' names in 1976
More about 1976
girls
1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 293,020 of them was named Roman, which outranked 14.9% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,629 names at #9,284; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,569,007 boys got a published name in 1976; 1 in 4,934 of them was named Roman, which outranked 93.3% of the 6,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).