Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Romance

#15,208 most common boys' name of all time · #39,458 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1987–2025

Rank among boys
#15,208
Rank overall
#39,458 of 105,966
First appeared
1987
Years on the list
15 of 146
All-time
107
Since 2016
55
Peak year
2023 #7,965
Best rank
#6,931 1987
Girls Boys peak 10/yr
20002020

Romance first appears in 1987. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 7 7 #10,039
2024 9 9 #8,574
2023 10 10 #7,965
2022 6 6 #11,349
2021 8 8 #9,171
2019 8 8 #9,229
2018 7 7 #10,081
2015 7 7 #9,991
2014 9 9 #8,405
2012 5 5 #12,930
2005 5 5 #12,202
2001 7 7 #8,805
1998 6 6 #9,123
1990 7 7 #7,030
1987 6 6 #6,931