Roman
Pronounced R OW1 M AH0 N (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2024
- 143 years in use
- 2 spellings
How popular is Roman?
Roman is a boys' name, and first appears in 1882. It has been given to 98,937 children — the 318th most common boys' name on record.
It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2024, when 5,474 children were given it.
Two other spellings are counted in that total — Romann and Rohman — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Roman and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Romann
- Rohman
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- R OW1 M AH0 N
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Roman
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Roman
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Roman?
- Roman ranks 318th among boys' names in US records, with 98,937 births since 1882. Over the past decade it accounts for 45,800.
- Is Roman a unisex name?
- No. Roman is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Roman most popular?
- 2024, when 5,474 children were given the name. It has been in use for 143 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Roman spelled?
- Romann, Rohman. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.