Romani

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Romani: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Romani: Recorded since 1998, it reached #2,436 in 2003, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#2436highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2701
1999	#2770
2003	#2436
2005	#3970
2006	#3548
2007	#4294
2010	#3156
2011	#3549
2012	#4838
2013	#4050
2014	#4003
2016	#4096
2018	#3985
2019	#4001
2022	#5669
2023	#4709
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 17 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2701 among girls in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #2436 among girls in England and Wales, in 2003 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Romani appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 17 years beginning in 1998, and has registered 82 births with the name.

Romani across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Romani's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#2701 (1998)	#2436 (2003)	#5891 (2024)	17 of 27	82 (1998–2024)	7 (2003)
England and Wales · Boys	#3744 (2009)	#3744 (2009)	#3822 (2013)	2 of 5	8 (2009–2013)	4 (2009)

Romani by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Romani in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	10	2 of 10	5
2000s	20	4 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	42	8 of 10	5
2020s	10	3 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Romani appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2436 in England and Wales in 2003.

Romani's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2436	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,436, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 2003.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#5,891position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
7births registered in its largest year, 2003Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Roman-Lee · #1692, 11y
Romana · #891, 27y
Romany · #824, 29y
Romari · #2320, 12y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Adenike · #2436, 15y
Afeefah · #2436, 19y
Amity · #2436, 20y
Awo · #2436, 13y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Adenike · #2436, 15y
Afeefah · #2436, 19y
Awo · #2436, 13y
Kareema · #2436, 19y

Romani and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Romani without appearing here.

Romani moved ahead of

Finlay Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4294 and #2627 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #3156 and #5707.
Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4294 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #3156 and #5707.
Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4838 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4003 and #5691.
Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4050 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #5666.

Moved ahead of Romani

Carter Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4001 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #5669 and #3148.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4050 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4003 and #1628.
Liv Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2436 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #3970 and #1796.
Frida Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2436 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #3970 and #1934.

Moved the opposite way to Romani

Ada Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Romani went from #2701 to #5891 while Ada went from #3142 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Romani went from #2701 to #5891 while Alma went from #2165 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Romani went from #2701 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #561 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Romani went from #2701 to #5891 while Amalie went from #3848 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Romani

Abigail Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Romani went from #2701 to #5891 and Abigail from #22 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Romani went from #2701 to #5891 and Aimee from #68 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Romani went from #2701 to #5891 and Aisling from #391 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Romani went from #2701 to #5891 and Alex from #179 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2436 in England and Wales in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Romani

Romani at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Romani across 2 official records

Romani by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Romani appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Romani and the names beside it

Romani moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Romani

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Romani at a glance

Romani across 2 official records

Romani by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Romani appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Romani and the names beside it

Romani moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Romani

Moved the opposite way to Romani

Moved the same way as Romani