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Romaine

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Feminine form of Romanus

Romaine has been given to 4,126 babies in the U.S. since 1887. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1928, with 91 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 76% girls, 24% boys all-time.

Babies named Romaine, 1991

1 in 779,000

Romaine over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Romaine over time

In 2025, Romaine went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

18872025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Romaine: meaning, origin, and history

Feminine form of Romanus

French

What Romaine means

Romaine is a feminine form of Romanus.

Origin, language, and formation

Romaine is used in English and French. Its origins include French.

Romaine comes through French Romaine.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Romanus and Romain.

Pronunciation and spelling

In French, Romaine is pronounced /ʁɔ.mɛn/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,136 girls were recorded with the name Romaine between 1887 and 1991. Its highest annual count was 91 in 1928; its best national rank was #749 in 1928.

In the United States, 990 boys were recorded with the name Romaine between 1912 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 22 in 1932; its best national rank was #1,540 in 1932.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,940 in 2020 to #9,528 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #8,581 in 2015 to #9,528 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Romaine?

Romaine had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1991, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1991
1 in 779,000
5 of 3,892,928 births
Among girls only
1 in 375,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 1991
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
539,676 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Romaine sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1991 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 539,676 children born in 1991 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Romaine. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Romaines were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Romaine was born before 1932 — so the typical Romaine is around 93 today.

Median birth year
1932
About 93 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
24.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
7.1%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
754
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1920s — 24.7% of all recorded uses (774).

Is Romaine rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1928 (91)
Years since peak
97
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
30.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#749
1928

Spellings of Romaine

Romaine is not the most common spelling — Roxanne is, with 49.7% against Romaine's 2.6%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Romaine is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Romaine was most concentrated in Pennsylvania — about 1 in 7,143 girls, against 1 in 39,446 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

014 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Pennsylvania1 in 7,143
  2. 2Maryland1 in 25,000
  3. 3District of Columbia1 in 50,000
  4. 4Michigan1 in 100,000
  5. 5West Virginia1 in 100,000
  6. 6Illinois1 in —
  7. 7North Carolina1 in —
  8. 8New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Romaine has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Romaine is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Romaine was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 809,783 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in —
  2. 2Iowa1 in —
  3. 3Minnesota1 in —
  4. 4New York1 in —
  5. 5Wisconsin1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Romaine has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Romaine around the world

Where Romaine ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1999–1999
    #3,900
    in 1999
  • France
    1900–2006
    #5,017
    in 2006

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Notable people named Romaine

People whose public names include Romaine, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Romaine in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Romaine. Linked forms have their own page here.

RomaneRomayneRomanieRomainville

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Romaine by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#749
1928
Peak year
1928
91 that year
First recorded
1887
Last recorded
1991
All-time count
3,136
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#9,528
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,588
Best rank ever
#1,540
1932
Peak year
1932
22 that year
First recorded
1912
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
990
Count in 2025
8

Names similar to Romaine

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

RomeliaRomonaEvelineRomanaEmelineMartineYazmineDelaineRominaEmalineEvalineSabineAvelineJoselineKarolineDivineRosalineJazzmineRomayneJaylineMaurineRomyJenineMadaline

Names with a curve like Romaine

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Romaine, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

EleaseBernardineLaveraArdellaWalterLavernaArthurTomasaPalmaAlmetaArdellReatha

Sibling names for Romaine

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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