Philomena

#1,911 for girls in 2025, 101 births

Peak · girls
#355
1915 · 284 births
Debut · girls
1880
10 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
9,951
since 1880

Philomena over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Philomena has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201939peak #355, 1915girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#1,911101
2024#1,810111
2023#2,28880
2022#2,25383
2021#2,34577
2020#2,11586
2019#2,05692
2018#2,15987
2017#2,09792
2016#2,09393
2015#2,35178
2014#2,61567
2013#3,57343
2012#3,78241
2011#3,72341
2010#4,60831
2009#6,81119
2008#5,75024
2007#4,47533
2006#5,38325
2005#5,43723
2004#4,81627
2003#6,29918
2002#6,39217
2001#6,95615
2000#6,20817
1999#5,21920
1998#4,95521
1997#5,86816
1996#6,06415
1995#8,7669
1994#9,5868
1993#10,5887
1992#8,7349
1991#6,97612
1990#12,9585
1989#8,0379
1988#7,6919
1987#9,8256
1986#8,5237
1985#7,5638
1984—
1983#5,45712
1982#8,2247
1981#8,1287
1980#8,1787
1979#7,3138
1978#4,45915
1977#6,3409
1976#7,2967
1975#4,85412
1974#5,01111
1973#5,5809
1972#7,2926
1971#3,50818
1970#3,20820
1969#2,84422
1968#3,61014
1967#2,96318
1966#2,51923
1965#2,46424
1964#3,00018
1963#2,70421
1962#2,11331
1961#2,41125
1960#1,72543
1959#1,59646
1958#1,60644
1957#1,72839
1956#1,31962
1955#1,38352
1954#1,33356
1953#1,20764
1952#1,23659
1951#1,27753
1950#1,20059
1949#1,30449
1948#1,19757
1947#1,19357
1946#1,27646
1945#1,40233
1944#1,12948
1943#1,08754
1942#95467
1941#86571
1940#88765
1939#88263
1938#77581
1937#76180
1936#77676
1935#76379
1934#635110
1933#609114
1932#565133
1931#527156
1930#500178
1929#437226
1928#459225
1927#419267
1926#427261
1925#419270
1924#403291
1923#384299
1922#371308
1921#392294
1920#404270
1919#416244
1918#401265
1917#371290
1916#357296
1915#355284
1914#367207
1913#387156
1912#392139
1911#388109
1910#44381
1909#43572
1908#36896
1907#40975
1906#44758
1905#39373
1904#47448
1903#39066
1902#45947
1901#47540
1900#55638
1899#42447
1898#55533
1897#47736
1896#50434
1895#52032
1894#58625
1893#57124
1892#51028
1891#66916
1890#57021
1889#54322
1888#51224
1887#7889
1886#57215
1885#57614
1884#68610
1883#49915
1882#59610
1881#50311
1880#54710
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Philomena was already there! It came in at #547, and was given to 10 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1984, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Philomena
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 101 spots since 2024 (#1,810 → #1,911)
  • 204 spots since 2020 (#2,115 → #1,911)
  • 440 spots since 2015 (#2,351 → #1,911)
  • Biggest jump: 276 spots in 1888 (#788 → #512)
  • Biggest drop: 216 spots in 1887 (#572 → #788)
Rise & fade · girls
35 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1915 at #355 (284 births)
  • Births halved by 1932, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 63 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1880–1942
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,464
  • Highest: 1 in 3,464 girls born in 1915 were named Philomena (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 15,914 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 27.2% of all girls named Philomena (2,711) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s140#499 (1883)#582
1890s296#424 (1899)#539
1900s613#368 (1908)#441
1910s2,071#355 (1915)#388
1920s2,711#371 (1922)#412
1930s1,070#500 (1930)#679
1940s547#865 (1941)#1,129
1950s534#1,200 (1950)#1,389
1960s239#1,725 (1960)#2,635
1970s115#3,208 (1970)#5,486
1980s72#5,457 (1983)#7,958
1990s122#4,955 (1998)#7,971
2000s218#4,475 (2007)#5,853
2010s665#2,056 (2019)#2,906
2020s538#1,810 (2024)#2,120

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Philomena in 1939

girls
#882
63 births · 1 in 17,407 girls

Top girls' names in 1939

  1. #1Mary54,900
  2. #2Barbara37,257
  3. #3Patricia29,701
  4. #4Betty23,639
  5. #5Shirley20,447
  6. #6Carol20,166
  7. #7Nancy19,723
  8. #8Judith16,625
  9. #9Dorothy15,169
  10. #10Margaret14,949
  11. #882Philomena63
More about 1939

girls

1,096,612 girls got a published name in 1939; 1 in 17,407 of them was named Philomena, which outranked 82.2% of the 4,950 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Philomena
  1. #878Carmelita64
  2. #878Lina64
  3. #878Melvina64
  4. #882Philomena63
  5. #882Carlotta63
  6. #882Cindy63
  7. #882Gayla63
  8. #891Jacklyn62
  9. #891Jamie62
  10. #891Jennifer62

Tied with 8 names at #882; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1938
Risers
  1. ↑ 880April#1,805 → #925
  2. ↑ 865Karel#1,703 → #838
  3. ↑ 725Hedy#1,650 → #925
  4. ↑ 722Vivien#1,703 → #981
  5. ↑ 709Karon#1,547 → #838
Fallers
  1. ↓ 712Eulalia#972 → #1,684
  2. ↓ 446Shelvia#955 → #1,401
  3. ↓ 358Naoma#992 → #1,350
  4. ↓ 304Imelda#890 → #1,194
  5. ↓ 279Helaine#870 → #1,149

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1939 →