Unisex name · since 2000
Romani
196 babies named Romani in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,103 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,501 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 196
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Romani currently ranks #4501 among unisex names in America, with 196 babies recorded since 2000.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Romani has been recorded 196 times among boys since 2000, currently ranked #4501 nationally and more common than 68% 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 2000 to 2025.
- #13,103 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,501 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 196 born since 2000
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Romani ranks #13,103 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,501 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 196 born since 2000, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,103 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,501 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 196
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Romani's 196 recorded births place it above 71.16% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Romani compares
196 38th 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
Romani's all-time total is 47% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Romani | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 196 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 34 | 22,252 |
Romani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Romani's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2019, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 26, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Romani popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Romani popularity over time - girls
126 total births recorded since 2009 (Romani as girls' name)
Romani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (118 births, 60% of the file).
2020s was Romani's strongest decade.
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Romani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
66 births
- 2020s
2020s
118 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 118 births (60% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Romani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2000–2025 (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 Romani 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.