Roman
Nationally, Roman lands at #42 for 2025, and gathering speed. The records carry it back to 1882, but its real era is now, 104,653 American children have carried it so far.
Roman’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Roman, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Roman since 1882
Roman is at its all-time peak right now: #42 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Roman is most common
Roman is most common in Rhode Island: 1.09% of the state's recorded boys' names in 2025. Hawaii (0.86%) and Alaska (0.66%) follow.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Roman
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Riley
#48 in 2025
Rowan
#59 in 2025
River
#111 in 2025
Raelynn
#116 in 2025
Ryder
#133 in 2025
Rylee
#137 in 2025
Remi
#145 in 2025
Ryker
#183 in 2025
Browse: names starting with R · all names
About Roman
How common is Roman today?
Nationally, Roman lands at #42 for 2025, and gathering speed. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1882.
What does Roman mean?
Honestly: our cited sources are silent on Roman, and we would rather show you nothing than something made up.
Is there a sibling name for Roman?
Riley, Rowan and River sit nearest to Roman on origin, era, syllables and first letter. Put your own names into the sibling matcher for a list scored against them.
Get Roman’s free Name Kit
Five printables made in your browser: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Yours in a moment, for one email.
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