# Romain (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/romain/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 541 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 536 / 5 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 147, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 5 | 5,162 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 8 | 9,682 |
| 2009 | 8 | 9,693 |
| 2010 | 7 | 10,531 |
| 2011 | 5 | 13,924 |
| 2012 | 5 | 13,810 |
| 2013 | 6 | 11,862 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11,831 |
| 2015 | 5 | 13,643 |
| 2016 | 5 | 13,800 |
| 2017 | 7 | 10,551 |
| 2019 | 7 | 10,585 |
| 2020 | 8 | 9,386 |
| 2022 | 11 | 7,648 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11,965 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10,710 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 6 | 2,741 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,158 |
| 2009 | 6 | 2,837 |
| 2010 | 6 | 2,941 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,117 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,459 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,483 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |

## People named Romain

- Romain Rolland, French author (1866-1944)
- Romain Grosjean, French and Swiss racing driver
- Romain Duris, French actor (born 1974)
- Romain Bardet, French racing cyclist
- Romain Cannone, French fencer
- Romain Maes, Belgian road bicycle racer (1912–1983)
- Romain Hamouma, French footballer
- Romain Perraud, French footballer (born 1997)
- Romain Sato, Central African Republic basketball player (born 1981)
- Romain Alessandrini, French footballer
- Romain Amalfitano, French footballer (born 1989)
- Romain Lagarde, French handball player (born 1997)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.