Boys' name · since 1987
Romance
Since 1987, U.S. Social Security records show 107 babies named Romance, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,990 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,017 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 107
- born since 1987
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Romance is the #10017 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 107 recorded since 1987.
Romance has 107 recorded births among boys since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10017 as of the latest data, more common than 28% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2025.
- #16,990 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,017 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 107 born since 1987
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Romance ranks #16,990 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,017 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 107 born since 1987, peaking in the 2020s.
- #16,990 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,017 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 107
- born since 1987
- 2020s
- peak decade
Romance's 107 recorded births place it above 62.62% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Romance compares
107 27th 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
Romance's all-time total is 71% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Romance | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 107 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Romance's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Romance's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2005, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Romance popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Romance by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (40 births, 37% of the file).
2020s was Romance's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Romance births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s 13
1990s
13 births
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
36 births
- 2020s
2020s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 40 births (37% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Romance: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1987–2025 (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 Romance 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.