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Romance

/ɹoʊˈmæns/ · 100% boys · 7 born in 2025

Romance has been given to about 107 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2023, which makes it a current name.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables2
Pronunciation/ɹoʊˈmæns/
Nicknames—
Living in the US≈ 104
Median age today8 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Romance per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2023 · 10
  • Born in 20257
  • All time107

How popular is Romance?

Its best year was 2023, when 10 babies were given the name, ranking 8140th. The typical living American called Romance is about 8 years old today.

Names that sound like Romance

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Torrance0.77
  2. Horace0.68
  3. Romaine0.69
  4. Roman0.64
  5. Lance0.63
  6. Chance0.63
  7. Royce0.63
  8. Vance0.63

Middle names for Romance

Ranked by flow score
  1. Romance Paul0.83
  2. Romance John0.83
  3. Romance Blake0.82
  4. Romance Wade0.82
  5. Romance Quinn0.82
  6. Romance Jude0.82

Sibling names for Romance

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Matheobrother · 0.80
  2. Jasielbrother · 0.79
  3. Azaiahbrother · 0.79
  4. Alarasister · 0.79
  5. Laylanisister · 0.79
  6. Emilianasister · 0.79

Where Romance is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Romance White0.78
    2. Romance Nguyen0.78
    3. Romance Moore0.78
    4. Romance Hill0.78
    5. Romance Hall0.78
    6. Romance Brown0.78

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Romance

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. France1900–2025
    3. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.