Philomene

Last seen for girls in 1960 at #6,390

Peak · girls
1885 · 13 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
544
since 1882

Philomene over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Philomene has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201899peak #608, 1885girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1960#6,3905
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1953#5,6735
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1941#4,4205
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1938#4,3425
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1935#4,2045
1934#2,74110
1933#2,8689
1932#2,64411
1931#3,8486
1930#4,5505
1929#2,92110
1928#3,4368
1927#2,33915
1926#4,3066
1925#2,48914
1924#2,66113
1923#2,46514
1922#2,61213
1921#2,12018
1920#2,26316
1919#2,06317
1918#2,28915
1917#1,99617
1916#1,94917
1915#1,57122
1914#1,89613
1913#1,88311
1912#1,35216
1911#1,6569
1910#1,7738
1909#1,9576
1908#1,26111
1907#1,3849
1906#1,7276
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1904#1,3648
1903#1,7925
1902#1,07511
1901#1,6795
1900#1,05313
1899#93512
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1897#1,3856
1896#1,04710
1895#98611
1894#1,3536
1893#1,0918
1892#86112
1891#1,0937
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1889#9508
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1887#1,1475
1886#1,1085
1885#60813
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1883#9205
1882#8136
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First appearance
1882

The first year at least five girls were named Philomene! It came in at #813, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1884, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Philomene is popular in 1899

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Philomene
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1960
  • Biggest jump: 367 spots in 1895 (#1,353 → #986)
  • Biggest drop: 500 spots in 1886 (#608 → #1,108)
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1885 at #608 (13 births)
  • Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1882–1883
Share of babies · girls
1 in 10,235
  • Highest: 1 in 10,235 girls born in 1885 were named Philomene (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 404,388 girls born in 1960 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 26.7% of all girls named Philomene (145) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s42#608 (1885)#924
1890s72#861 (1892)#1,094
1900s74#1,053 (1900)#1,477
1910s145#1,352 (1912)#1,843
1920s127#2,120 (1921)#2,761
1930s51#2,644 (1932)#3,600
1940s17#4,235 (1949)#4,650
1950s11#4,833 (1951)#5,253
1960s5#6,390 (1960)#6,390

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.

Philomene in 1899

girls
#935
12 births · 1 in 19,419 girls

Top girls' names in 1899

  1. #1Mary13,172
  2. #2Anna5,115
  3. #3Helen5,048
  4. #4Margaret4,249
  5. #5Ruth3,912
  6. #6Florence3,314
  7. #7Elizabeth3,287
  8. #8Marie3,156
  9. #9Ethel2,999
  10. #10Lillian2,703
  11. #935Philomene12
More about 1899

girls

233,022 girls got a published name in 1899; 1 in 19,419 of them was named Philomene, which outranked 49.2% of the 1,842 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Philomene
  1. #906Sena13
  2. #906Trudie13
  3. #906Zilpha13
  4. #935Philomene12
  5. #935Annabell12
  6. #935Ara12
  7. #935Chrystal12
  8. #983Adrienne11
  9. #983Alverda11
  10. #983Amber11

Tied with 47 names at #935; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1898
Risers
  1. ↑ 972Tula#1,700 → #728
  2. ↑ 865Josefina#1,700 → #835
  3. ↑ 822Lempi#1,700 → #878
  4. ↑ 822Villa#1,700 → #878
  5. ↑ 774Fae#1,502 → #728
Fallers
  1. ↓ 946Rosia#650 → #1,596
  2. ↓ 710Lelar#886 → #1,596
  3. ↓ 676Tinnie#920 → #1,596
  4. ↓ 676Tracy#920 → #1,596
  5. ↓ 633Alena#963 → #1,596

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

See the top 100 for 1899 →