# Romano (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/romano/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 322 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 322 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 124, 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 5 | 9,529 |
| 1993 | 5 | 9,884 |
| 1996 | 5 | 10,229 |
| 1997 | 7 | 7,944 |
| 1998 | 6 | 9,407 |
| 2000 | 6 | 10,083 |
| 2001 | 5 | 11,946 |
| 2002 | 6 | 10,403 |
| 2003 | 5 | 12,373 |
| 2004 | 10 | 7,415 |
| 2006 | 7 | 10,441 |
| 2010 | 5 | 13,850 |
| 2011 | 8 | 9,430 |
| 2015 | 5 | 13,644 |
| 2022 | 6 | 12,037 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Romano

- Romano Guardini, German Catholic philosopher (1885–1968)
- Romano Schmid, Austrian association football player
- Roman of Bulgaria, Bulgarian ruler
- Romano Bonagura, bobsledder (1930-2010)
- Roman of Le Puy, French nobleman
- Romano Bonaventura, Catholic cardinal
- Romano Denneboom, Dutch footballer
- Romanos Kourkouas, 10th-century Byzantine general
- Romano L. Mazzoli, American politician
- Romano Postema, Dutch association football player
- Romano Sion, Dutch footballer
- Romanus of Condat, Christian saint, monk and hermit

## 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.