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Romaine

Gender
Boy
Origin
French
US rank, 2025
#8,906 for boys

Romaine is a boys' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).

What does Romaine mean?

French

A female given name from French.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Romaine a girl's or a boy's name?

Romaine is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Romaine in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 9 boys.

Half of all the boys named Romaine in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

1998Busiest: 9 in 20102024
Romaine in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20243#5,198
20234#4,335
20220–
20210–
20200–
20190–
20183#4,959
20170–
20160–
20150–
20147#2,843
20139#2,334
20129#2,382
20116#3,038
20109#2,306
20093#4,691
20088#2,384
20076#2,873
20064#3,522
20053#3,992
20047#2,157
20034#2,990
20023#3,325
20015#2,326
20000–
19993#3,043
19983#3,021

How popular is Romaine in the US?

Rank in 2025
#8,906among boys
Babies in 2025
8about 1 in 210,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Romaine, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 1932, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.

Half of all the boys named Romaine in the US since 1880 were born between 1930 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 1971, 65% of the babies named Romaine in the US were girls.

1912Busiest: 22 in 19322025
Romaine in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20258#8,906
20240–
20239#8,250
20220–
20216#10,794
202010#7,497
20190–
20186#10,754
20176#10,770
20166#10,739
20159#8,035
20145#12,102
20136#10,722
20128#8,858
20115#12,280
201015#5,737
20097#9,859
20080–
20076#10,915
20066#10,655
20050–
20045#11,348
20036#9,574
20028#7,636
200116#4,670
20009#6,832
19997#7,867
199811#5,460
19978#6,612
199610#5,528
199515#4,046
19945#8,794
199310#5,353
199210#5,228
199111#4,752
199012#4,401
19898#5,608
198810#4,445
19875#6,945
19860–
198512#3,596
198417#2,705
198312#3,410
198211#3,690
198110#3,856
198010#3,837
197914#3,017
197813#3,069
197713#3,036
197615#2,708
197511#3,244
19740–
197314#2,604
197216#2,323
197112#2,811
19700–
19690–
19680–
19676#3,557
19667#3,247
19657#3,242
19647#3,281
19630–
19620–
19618#3,095
19605#4,036
19595#3,986
19580–
19570–
19560–
19557#3,199
19545#3,825
19537#3,142
19520–
19515#3,712
19500–
194910#2,452
19487#3,009
19470–
19469#2,533
19450–
19445#3,428
19436#3,229
19426#3,211
194110#2,333
194012#2,081
193914#1,879
193812#2,084
193714#1,913
193612#2,062
193519#1,584
193413#2,022
193318#1,644
193222#1,509
193117#1,770
193018#1,753
192916#1,933
192816#1,960
192718#1,871
192617#1,911
192520#1,744
192410#2,821
192310#2,771
192216#2,039
192111#2,631
192012#2,458
191912#2,384
191810#2,698
191710#2,561
191621#1,548
191512#2,183
191412#1,867
19130–
191210#1,618

Names like Romaine

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Romaine: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/romaine, updated 20 October 2026.