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Romanus

Boys' name

From Indonesian -ian; literal meaning unconfirmed

Romanus has been given to 22 babies in the U.S. since 1892. 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 1922, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Romanus, 2018

1 in 703,000

Romanus over time, 1880–2025

Boys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Romanus: meaning, origin, and history

From Indonesian -ian; literal meaning unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Romanus means

Romanus is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Romanus is used in Latin.

Romanus comes through Indonesian -ian.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Latin, Romanus is pronounced [roːˈmaː.nʊs].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 22 boys were recorded with the name Romanus between 1892 and 2018. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1922; its best national rank was #1,220 in 1892.

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 Romanus?

Romanus had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2018, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2018
1 in 703,000
5 of 3,516,853 births
Among boys only
1 in 363,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2018
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
487,541 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Romanus sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2018 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 487,541 children born in 2018 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Romanus. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Romanuss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Romanus was born before 1922 — so the typical Romanus is around 103 today.

Median birth year
1922
About 103 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
54.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
22.7%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
5
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1920s — 54.5% of all recorded uses (12).

Is Romanus 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 1922 (7)
Years since peak
103
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
28.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,220
1892

Spellings of Romanus

Romanus is not the most common spelling — Roman is, with 100.0% against Romanus's 0.02%.

  • Roman100.0%104,653
  • Romanus0.02%22

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.

Romanus around the world

Where Romanus 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.

  • South Australia
    2007–2007
    #680
    in 2007

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Romanus by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#1,220
1892
Peak year
1922
7 that year
First recorded
1892
Last recorded
2018
All-time count
22
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Romanus

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

RomeirRomelioRomareRomondoRomayneRomanceRomereRomandoRomannDominusRommellRomaleRomaanRomaneRomioRomaroRomarionSilvanusRomalisRomellowRomaniSolanusRomaldoRomulus

Sibling names for Romanus

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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