Boys' name · since 2015
Roam
64 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.
- #20,474 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,798 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 64
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
64 babies have been named Roam since 2015, making it today's #8798 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Roam has been recorded 64 times among boys since 2015, currently ranked #8798 nationally and more common than 37% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2015 to 2025.
- #20,474 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,798 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 64 born since 2015
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Roam ranks #20,474 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,798 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 64 born since 2015, peaking in the 2020s.
- #20,474 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,798 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 64
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
Roam's 64 recorded births place it above 54.91% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Roam compares
64 20th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Roam's all-time total is 83% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Roam | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 64 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 34 | 22,252 |
Roam's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Roam's SSA record in two at 2022 and the more recent half accounts for 64% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 36%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2015, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Roam popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Roam by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (49 births, 77% of the file).
2020s was Roam's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 77% of all-time use.
Roam births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 15
2010s
15 births
- 2020s
2020s
49 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 49 births (77% 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 | 7.8% |
5 of 64 births nationwide.
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- California records the most Roams (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Roam: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~10 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2015–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Roam draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.