girls:
428 births since 1972
#5288 (7th percentile)
boys:
92.9k births since 1882
#323 (93rd percentile)
overall:
93.3k births since 1882
#719 (91st percentile)
The name Roman is the #719 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 93,331 recorded births since 1882. This represents the 90.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 90.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #323 (93.0% percentile) for all time with 92,903 births since 1882. For girls, it ranks #5,288 (7.5% percentile) for all time with 428 births since 1972.
Roman first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1882 (1882 for boys and 1972 for girls). Birth data for Roman is available in 140 out of the 142 years between 1882 and 2023 (140 years for boys and 36 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Roman has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.5% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Roman reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 93.1% percentile (ranked #64) with 2,609 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 2,609 births per million (ranked 93.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1981, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Roman is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #64 (93.1% percentile) with 2,609 births per million.
For girls, Roman reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 2.8% percentile (ranked #910) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 17 births per million (ranked 2.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2010, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Roman ranks #925 for girls (2.3% percentile) with 15 births per million, which is 89.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Roman".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Roman. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Roman is pronounced as ROH-muhn, which has 2 syllables.
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