# Romaine (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/romaine/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,126 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 990 / 3,136 (76% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 102, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Romaine.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 9 | 5,819 |
| 1973 | 14 | 4,302 |
| 1974 | 17 | 3,826 |
| 1975 | 13 | 4,784 |
| 1976 | 5 | 10,487 |
| 1978 | 6 | 9,440 |
| 1979 | 9 | 7,159 |
| 1980 | 12 | 5,818 |
| 1981 | 10 | 6,695 |
| 1982 | 10 | 6,748 |
| 1985 | 9 | 7,416 |
| 1986 | 8 | 8,312 |
| 1987 | 6 | 10,941 |
| 1988 | 6 | 11,410 |
| 1991 | 5 | 14,858 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 6 | 12,067 |
| 2009 | 7 | 10,738 |
| 2010 | 15 | 5,978 |
| 2011 | 5 | 13,925 |
| 2012 | 8 | 9,532 |
| 2013 | 6 | 11,863 |
| 2014 | 5 | 13,662 |
| 2015 | 9 | 8,586 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11,855 |
| 2017 | 6 | 11,928 |
| 2018 | 6 | 11,862 |
| 2020 | 10 | 7,945 |
| 2021 | 6 | 11,857 |
| 2023 | 9 | 8,788 |
| 2025 | 8 | 9,532 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3 | 3,900 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 4 | 2,857 |
| 2004 | 7 | 2,070 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2006 | 4 | 3,385 |
| 2007 | 6 | 2,741 |
| 2008 | 8 | 2,276 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2010 | 9 | 2,199 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,270 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,216 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## People named Romaine

- Romaine Brooks, American artist (1874-1970)
- Romaine Fielding, American actor (1867–1927)
- Romaine Mundle, English association football player

## 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.