Roam — #5040 US boys' name
55 babies named Roam in U.S. Social Security records since 2015, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 65% of names given to boys today.
73% of everyone ever named Roam was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Roam in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Roam
The Social Security Administration has registered 55 babies named Roam between 2015 and 2024, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Roam currently holds the #5040 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Roam performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Roam shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Roam in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Roam in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 55 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Roam at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Roam popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2015
- Peak year (2024)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
Currently ranks #5040 among boys.
55 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 20 births in a single year.
Roam by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 40 births that decade — 73% of Roam's all-time total
Roam decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Roam's strongest decade
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 73% of all-time use.
Roam by state
Where Roam concentrates geographically — total births since 2015
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 9.1% |
5 of 55 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 9.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2015–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.