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How popular is “Roman” in the USA?

Number of people named “Roman” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Roman” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Roman” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Roman” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Roman” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Roman” by birth year

This chart shows how “Roman” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1882 7 0.000031598 7 -100%
1883 10 0.000046094 10 -100%
1885 7 0.000029063 7 -100%
1886 9 0.00003525 9 -100%
1887 16 0.000064675 16 -100%
1888 14 0.000046749 14 -100%
1889 13 0.000044991 13 -100%
1890 10 0.000033178 10 -100%
1891 10 0.000034883 10 -100%
1893 9 0.000027673 9 -100%
1894 10 0.000029526 10 -100%
1895 19 0.000054128 19 -100%
1896 15 0.00004196 15 -100%
1897 19 0.000054762 19 -100%
1898 22 0.000057674 22 -100%
1899 21 0.000061904 21 -100%
1900 20 0.000044419 20 -100%
1901 18 0.000052051 18 -100%
1902 23 0.000059473 23 -100%
1903 18 0.000047219 18 -100%
1904 23 0.000057003 23 -100%
1905 31 0.000073127 31 -100%
1906 29 0.000067686 29 -100%
1907 31 0.000066611 31 -100%
1908 39 0.000079812 39 -100%
1909 33 0.000064551 33 -100%
1910 44 0.000074487 44 -100%
1911 57 0.000088471 57 -100%
1912 86 0.000087039 86 -100%
1913 134 0.000117843 134 -100%
1914 191 0.000134854 191 -100%
1915 234 0.0001277 234 -100%
1916 265 0.000136992 265 -100%
1917 256 0.000127569 256 -100%
1918 269 0.0001239 269 -100%
1919 258 0.000122261 258 -100%
1920 248 0.000109606 248 -100%
1921 257 0.000110088 257 -100%
1922 255 0.000111395 255 -100%
1923 256 0.000111184 256 -100%
1924 247 0.000103711 247 -100%
1925 224 0.000096001 224 -100%
1926 223 0.000097129 223 -100%
1927 235 0.000101321 235 -100%
1928 220 0.000097305 220 -100%
1929 187 0.000085304 187 -100%
1930 165 0.000074214 165 -100%
1931 184 0.000087436 184 -100%
1932 166 0.000078625 166 -100%
1933 130 0.000065018 130 -100%
1934 135 0.000065003 135 -100%
1935 106 0.00005072 106 -100%
1936 117 0.000056316 117 -100%
1937 87 0.000040832 87 -100%
1938 106 0.000047908 106 -100%
1939 93 0.000042207 93 -100%
1940 124 0.00005385 124 -100%
1941 99 0.000040633 99 -100%
1942 116 0.000042463 116 -100%
1943 122 0.000043223 122 -100%
1944 90 0.000033456 90 -100%
1945 93 0.000035056 93 -100%
1946 92 0.000028792 92 -100%
1947 118 0.000032757 118 -100%
1948 117 0.000033888 117 -100%
1949 144 0.000041323 144 -100%
1950 148 0.000042245 148 -100%
1951 156 0.000042348 156 -100%
1952 154 0.000040548 154 -100%
1953 184 0.000047747 184 -100%
1954 174 0.000043711 174 -100%
1955 156 0.000038854 156 -100%
1956 178 0.000043172 178 -100%
1957 167 0.000039742 167 -100%
1958 174 0.000042091 174 -100%
1959 155 0.000037278 155 -100%
1960 141 0.000033945 141 -100%
1961 150 0.000036212 150 -100%
1962 189 0.000046836 189 -100%
1963 182 0.00004598 182 -100%
1964 182 0.000046815 182 -100%
1965 184 0.000050752 184 -100%
1966 153 0.00004402 153 -100%
1967 154 0.000045362 154 -100%
1968 217 0.000064231 217 -100%
1969 247 0.000071073 247 -100%
1970 376 0.000104256 376 -100%
1971 390 0.000113625 390 -100%
1972 366 0.000116449 6 360 -97%
1973 364 0.000120654 364 -100%
1974 355 0.000116776 6 349 -97%
1975 350 0.000115917 350 -100%
1976 322 0.00010612 5 317 -97%
1977 300 0.000094444 7 293 -95%
1978 267 0.000084124 7 260 -95%
1979 285 0.000085663 285 -100%
1980 258 0.000074902 258 -100%
1981 286 0.000082674 286 -100%
1982 371 0.000105759 371 -100%
1983 391 0.000112897 5 386 -97%
1984 410 0.00011752 410 -100%
1985 370 0.000103667 7 363 -96%
1986 390 0.000109641 390 -100%
1987 409 0.000113434 5 404 -98%
1988 514 0.000139105 7 507 -97%
1989 583 0.000151647 11 572 -96%
1990 630 0.000159394 7 623 -98%
1991 601 0.00015429 601 -100%
1992 626 0.000162967 626 -100%
1993 667 0.00017691 6 661 -98%
1994 623 0.000167579 623 -100%
1995 654 0.000178583 5 649 -98%
1996 677 0.000185622 5 672 -99%
1997 739 0.00020382 739 -100%
1998 813 0.000221032 7 806 -98%
1999 792 0.000214409 5 787 -99%
2000 911 0.000241011 5 906 -99%
2001 985 0.00026313 985 -100%
2002 1045 0.000279539 1045 -100%
2003 1049 0.000275884 1049 -100%
2004 1405 0.000367712 8 1397 -99%
2005 1866 0.000485325 1866 -100%
2006 1827 0.000461808 8 1819 -99%
2007 1897 0.000474525 7 1890 -99%
2008 1943 0.000494318 10 1933 -99%
2009 1843 0.000482439 6 1837 -99%
2010 1998 0.000540623 6 1992 -99%
2011 2476 0.000676911 10 2466 -99%
2012 2587 0.000707339 10 2577 -99%
2013 2898 0.000794916 12 2886 -99%
2014 3497 0.000943509 16 3481 -99%
2015 3915 0.001057847 25 3890 -99%
2016 4248 0.001157904 27 4221 -99%
2017 4302 0.001202955 22 4280 -99%
2018 4407 0.00125345 18 4389 -99%
2019 4947 0.001425265 31 4916 -99%
2020 4516 0.001351862 28 4488 -99%
2021 4598 0.001357163 31 4567 -99%
2022 4756 0.001405797 20 4736 -99%
2023 4823 0.001456573 27 4796 -99%
2024 5500 0.001652395 26 5474 -99%

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