Romaine

Where Romaine comes from

Borrowed from French Romaine.
— Wiktionary's entry for Romaine
  • French
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1874
    Romaine Brooks born
    American artist
  2. 1887
    First appearance
    #1,147 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1928
    Peak, #742
    91 babies named Romaine — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1937
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,116.
  5. 1988
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  6. 1991
    Romaine Sawyers born
    Saint Kitts and Nevis association football player
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from French.
Namesakes
  • Romaine Brooks · American artist, 1874–1970
  • Romaine Sawyers · Saint Kitts and Nevis association football player, born 1991
  • Romaine Fielding · American actor, 1867–1927
  • Romaine Mundle · English association football player, born 2003
  • Romaine Beckford · Jamaican high jumper, born 2002

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.