Meaning and history
Román comes from the Latin Romanus, meaning “Roman,” and has been borne by several early saints, including a 7th-century bishop of Rouen, as well as medieval rulers of Bulgaria, Kyiv, and Moldavia.
20062006: 1,819 births, rank #209
2007: 1,891 births, rank #207
2008: 1,933 births, rank #205
2009: 1,837 births, rank #206
2010: 1,993 births, rank #186
20112011: 2,466 births, rank #157
2012: 2,577 births, rank #159
2013: 2,886 births, rank #136
2014: 3,481 births, rank #113
2015: 3,889 births, rank #102
20162016: 4,222 births, rank #98
2017: 4,282 births, rank #91
2018: 4,390 births, rank #86
2019: 4,919 births, rank #72
2020: 4,491 births, rank #77
20212021: 4,571 births, rank #74
2022: 4,740 births, rank #68
2023: 4,803 births, rank #66
2024: 5,502 births, rank #52
20252025: 6,162 births, rank #42
Roman has made a dramatic comeback. After first appearing in the US records in 1882, it fell to #823 by 1885, before climbing to #42 in 2025. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 6,162.