Roman
Top 1000
About Roman
Roman is an ancient name trending in a major way. A surprise hit name of recent years, Roman now ranks in the Top 100 not only in the US but throughout the English-speaking world, and is rising in other European countries as well.
Roman owes much of its current popularity to celebrity and pop culture references. It's the name of the youngest son, played by Kieran Culkin, in the TV show Succession. Roman was used for their sons by Cate Blanchett, Debra Messing, and Molly Ringwald.
Well known Romans include disgraced director Polanski (born Raimund), Polish photographer Vishniac, and onetime star quarterback Gabriel. Francis Ford Coppola has a son named Roman, who is a director now himself.
Several relatives of Roman are also newly stylish, from Romy to Romilly to Romeo. Definitely a romantic name, however you use it.
The French version is Romaine -- and literary parents might appreciate the fact that 'roman' is the French word for novel.
Pronounced ROH-mun.
As of October 2026, Roman ranked #42 in US births in 2025 SSA, Nameberry popularity #75.
Editor's take: The name Roman is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "citizen of Rome".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #113 | 3,481 | 1,812.2 |
| 2015 | #102 | 3,890 | 2,029.5 |
| 2016 | #98 | 4,221 | 2,224.2 |
| 2017 | #91 | 4,280 | 2,312.3 |
| 2018 | #86 | 4,389 | 2,416.6 |
| 2019 | #72 | 4,916 | 2,739.9 |
| 2020 | #77 | 4,488 | 2,600.1 |
| 2021 | #74 | 4,567 | 2,610.5 |
| 2022 | #68 | 4,736 | 2,712.5 |
| 2023 | #66 | 4,796 | 2,803.7 |
| 2024 | #52 | 5,474 | 3,177.2 |
| 2025 | #42 | 6,162 | 3,607.6 |
World rankings
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Roman on lists
Famous Romans
- Roman Harper
American football player
- Roman Gabriel
American football player
- Roman Polanski
Polish film director
- Roman Ford Coppola
American film director
- Roman Kemp
British radio and TV presenter; son of sings Shirlie Holliman and Martin Kemp
- Roman Atwood
American comedian/youtube star
- Roman Reigns
American professional wrestler
- Roman Phylchenkov aka MrLololoshka
Russian YouTuber
- Roman Bürki
a Swiss goalkeeper
- Roman Krause (b. 2001)
son of actor Peter Krause
- Roman Keitel (b. 2003)
son of actor Harvey Keitel and Daphna Kastner
- Roman Robert Upton (b. 2004)
son of actress Cate Blanchett
- Roman Walker Zelman (b. 2004)
son of actress Debra Messing
- Roman Derwig (b. 2004)
son of actors Jacob Derwig and Kim van Kooten
- Roman Peete (b. 2005)
son of actors Rodney Peete & Holly Robinson Peete
- Roman Pena (b. 2008)
son of actor Michael Pena
- Roman Stylianos Ringwald Gianopoulous (2009)
son of actress Molly Ringwald
- Roman Morello
son of guitarist Tom Morello
- Roman Arnault (b. 2016)
son of model Natalia Vodianova and Antoine Arnault
Roman in pop culture
- Roman Zazo
character on TV's "Jane the Virgin"
- Roman
alien and main character on TV's "Star,Crossed"
- Roman Zolanski
one of rapper Nicki Minaj's alter egos
- Roman Bellic
character from Grand Theft Auto IV
- Roman Brady
character on the American soap "Days of Our Lives"
- Roman Craig
character played by Dan Akroyd in "The Great Outdoors"
- Roman Godfrey
character from Netflix's "Hemlock Grove"
- Roman Grant
character in HBO's "Big Love"
- Roman Pearce
from the "Fast & Furious" series
- Roman Sionis
real name of the Batman villain Black Mask
- Roman Torchwick
antagonist voiced by Gray Haddock in web series RWBY
- Roman Zimojic
character on HBO's "True Blood"
- Roman Armond
character in "The Kroll Show"
- Roman
Jane's brother on TV's "Blindspot"
- Roman
the name of Thomas Sanders personality resembling romance and creativity, "Princey"
- Roman Roy
youngest son on "Succession"