Romano — boys' name
322 babies named Romano in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
20% of everyone ever named Romano was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Romano in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Romano
The Social Security Administration has registered 322 babies named Romano between 1922 and 2022, spanning 101 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Romano currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Romano performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 64 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Romano shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Romano in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Romano 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 322 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.
Romano at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Romano popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1922
- Peak year (1971)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 101 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
322 total births across 101 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 13 births in a single year.
Romano by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 64 births that decade — 20% of Romano's all-time total
Romano decade highlights
- Peak decade 64 births
- Runner-up 64 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Romano's strongest decade
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% of all-time use.
Romano by state
Where Romano concentrates geographically — total births since 1922
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 5 | 1.6% |
5 of 322 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Florida 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 1.6% 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, 1922–2022 (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.