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Roman

Roman holds the #42 spot on the 2025 list of the most popular boy names in the U.S. That amounts to 6,162 newborn boys in a single year. The name is on the way up, moving from #77 in 2020 to #42 today. Remarkably, 2025 is the strongest year in the entire SSA record for Roman, which stretches back to 1882. The name's biggest fan base is in Rhode Island (#13 there in 2025).

Rankings

2025 rank
#42
among boy names
Trend
Rising
last 5 years
All-time peak
#42
in 2025 (2020s)
Babies in 2025
6,162
boys named Roman

Roman popularity, 1880–2025

0.097%0.19%0.29%0.39%18801900192019401960198020002020#42 in 2025
Boys — share of U.S. male birthsSource: SSA, 1880–2025◆ peak 2025

Where Roman is most popular

Alaska: #41 (15 boys, 0.66% of boys born 2025)AK#41Maine: #61 (18 boys, 0.47% of boys born 2025)ME#61Vermont: #102 (5 boys, 0.41% of boys born 2025)VT#102New Hampshire: #55 (24 boys, 0.53% of boys born 2025)NH#55Washington: #42 (140 boys, 0.43% of boys born 2025)WA#42Idaho: #42 (43 boys, 0.50% of boys born 2025)ID#42Montana: #66 (16 boys, 0.43% of boys born 2025)MT#66North Dakota: #49 (19 boys, 0.57% of boys born 2025)ND#49Minnesota: #49 (100 boys, 0.41% of boys born 2025)MN#49Wisconsin: #51 (94 boys, 0.40% of boys born 2025)WI#51Michigan: #26 (211 boys, 0.53% of boys born 2025)MI#26New York: #61 (274 boys, 0.32% of boys born 2025)NY#61Massachusetts: #42 (135 boys, 0.50% of boys born 2025)MA#42Rhode Island: #13 (34 boys, 1.09% of boys born 2025)RI#13Oregon: #40 (73 boys, 0.48% of boys born 2025)OR#40Nevada: #36 (58 boys, 0.51% of boys born 2025)NV#36Wyoming: #72 (6 boys, 0.55% of boys born 2025)WY#72South Dakota: #69 (16 boys, 0.42% of boys born 2025)SD#69Iowa: #45 (61 boys, 0.44% of boys born 2025)IA#45Illinois: #48 (197 boys, 0.40% of boys born 2025)IL#48Indiana: #41 (137 boys, 0.43% of boys born 2025)IN#41Ohio: #33 (255 boys, 0.49% of boys born 2025)OH#33Pennsylvania: #34 (262 boys, 0.50% of boys born 2025)PA#34New Jersey: #63 (143 boys, 0.36% of boys born 2025)NJ#63Connecticut: #43 (66 boys, 0.50% of boys born 2025)CT#43California: #27 (874 boys, 0.50% of boys born 2025)CA#27Utah: #59 (77 boys, 0.39% of boys born 2025)UT#59Colorado: #52 (106 boys, 0.39% of boys born 2025)CO#52Nebraska: #82 (30 boys, 0.34% of boys born 2025)NE#82Missouri: #51 (107 boys, 0.38% of boys born 2025)MO#51Kentucky: #44 (89 boys, 0.43% of boys born 2025)KY#44West Virginia: #33 (37 boys, 0.60% of boys born 2025)WV#33Virginia: #50 (149 boys, 0.40% of boys born 2025)VA#50Maryland: #65 (82 boys, 0.36% of boys born 2025)MD#65Delaware: #55 (16 boys, 0.54% of boys born 2025)DE#55Arizona: #38 (145 boys, 0.44% of boys born 2025)AZ#38New Mexico: #35 (36 boys, 0.55% of boys born 2025)NM#35Kansas: #52 (59 boys, 0.42% of boys born 2025)KS#52Arkansas: #69 (43 boys, 0.34% of boys born 2025)AR#69Tennessee: #39 (154 boys, 0.42% of boys born 2025)TN#39North Carolina: #48 (200 boys, 0.39% of boys born 2025)NC#48South Carolina: #60 (75 boys, 0.35% of boys born 2025)SC#60District of Columbia: #74 (11 boys, 0.44% of boys born 2025)DC#74Oklahoma: #45 (76 boys, 0.43% of boys born 2025)OK#45Louisiana: #29 (93 boys, 0.49% of boys born 2025)LA#29Mississippi: #97 (29 boys, 0.27% of boys born 2025)MS#97Alabama: #73 (65 boys, 0.30% of boys born 2025)AL#73Georgia: #80 (136 boys, 0.27% of boys born 2025)GA#80Hawaii: #22 (25 boys, 0.86% of boys born 2025)HI#22Texas: #48 (656 boys, 0.37% of boys born 2025)TX#48Florida: #44 (390 boys, 0.41% of boys born 2025)FL#44
Share of boys born in 2025:lowhighno data (< 5 births)
Strongest states: Rhode Island (#13), Hawaii (#22), Alaska (#41)

Uniqueness score

13/ 100Ultra popular
everywhereone of a kind

You'll meet plenty of them — a true chart-topper. Based on how many babies per birth were named Roman in the most recent year of SSA data.

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