Romance Popularity by Year
Follow Romance across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Romance birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 7 | #9,714 | Down 1,402 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 9 | #8,312 | Down 574 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 10 | #7,738 | Up 3,125 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 6 | #10,863 | Down 2,038 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 8 | #8,825 | Up 64 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 8 | #8,889 | Up 781 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 7 | #9,670 | Down 102 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 7 | #9,568 | Down 1,438 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 9 | #8,130 | Up 4,144 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 5 | #12,274 | Down 802 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 5 | #11,472 | Down 3,133 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 7 | #8,339 | Up 140 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 6 | #8,479 | Down 2,064 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 7 | #6,415 | Down 326 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 6 | #6,089 | — |