Boys' name · since 1911
Romain
Romain has 536 recorded births since 1911 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,575 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 536
- born since 1911
- 2000s
- peak decade
536 boys have been named Romain since 1911, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Romain has 536 recorded births among boys since 1911, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1911 to 2024.
- #7,575 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 536 born since 1911
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Romain ranks #7,575 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 536 born since 1911, peaking in the 2000s.
- #7,575 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 536
- born since 1911
- 2000s
- peak decade
Romain's 536 recorded births place it above 83.33% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Romain's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Romain's full recorded timeline at 1983, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1911, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Romain popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1911–2024
- Peak year (1990)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 114 years of records
Romain popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1929 (Romain as girls' name)
Romain by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (79 births, 15% of the file).
2000s was Romain's strongest decade.
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 15% of all-time use.
Romain births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
46 births
- 1920s
1920s
54 births
- 1930s
1930s
55 births
- 1940s 22
1940s
22 births
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
46 births
- 1980s
1980s
58 births
- 1990s
1990s
73 births
- 2000s
2000s
79 births
- 2010s
2010s
53 births
- 2020s
2020s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 79 births (15% of all-time use).
How Romain compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Romain's total volume
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What to do with Romain's data
- Romain's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (79 total births) through the 2020s (32) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Romain: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~113 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, 1911–2024 (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 Romain 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.