How Many People Are Named Romaine?

1,568

people named Romaine are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 217,975 people in the US has this name

Based on 4,126 babies named Romaine in Social Security records from 1887 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#7,908

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Gender-Neutral Names

#558

See the top 100

Peak Year

1928

107 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: French, English
Pronunciation: RAW-MEN (French), ro-MAYN (English)
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

French feminine form of Romanus (see ROMAN).

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
65.2%
Male
34.8%

Of the babies given the name Romaine, 65.2% were girls and 34.8% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Romaine fell from 100% in the 1900s to 4.8% in the 1990s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Romaine alive today is about 59 years old, and 56% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 45 and 77 in 2025.

Under 30 195
12.4%
30 to 59 491
31.3%
60 and over 882
56.3%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Romaine first appears in the records in 1887 and was given most often in 1928, to 107 babies. In 2025, 8 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1887 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Romaine has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #749, in 1928. Among boys, its best rank was #1,540, in 1932.

GirlsBoys
Rank in 2025Not ranked#9,528
Best rank#749 (1928)#1,540 (1932)
Years in the top 100NoneNone
Rank in its biggest decade#834 in the 1920s#1,808 in the 1930s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Romaine alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Romaine were born in Pennsylvania than in any other state: about 262 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Romaine was given 10.1 times as often in Pennsylvania and 5.3 times in Maryland.

Pennsylvania 262
Maryland 43
New York 20
District of Columbia 9
Michigan 6
Wisconsin 5
Florida 5
Ohio 3
Illinois 1
North Carolina 1

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