Romelia

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births

Peak · girls
1941 · 29 births
Debut · girls
10 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,623
since 1912

Romelia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Romelia has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201941peak #1,446, 1941girls
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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#13,2086
2024#5,61522
2023#5,12625
2022#8,03213
2021#8,97811
2020#10,2509
2019#6,41418
2018#8,14613
2017#14,1246
2016#7,23016
2015#14,4826
2014#10,9559
2013#16,5475
2012#14,9626
2011
2010#12,2768
2009
2008
2007#12,6768
2006#15,1526
2005#13,0107
2004#11,6248
2003#11,3258
2002#11,1088
2001#8,75811
2000
1999#9,4799
1998#10,1228
1997#8,33410
1996#9,5818
1995#8,07910
1994#7,60411
1993#7,49811
1992#7,51211
1991#11,5096
1990#11,4096
1989#5,04917
1988#9,2447
1987#5,61313
1986#4,72416
1985#5,07714
1984#10,4225
1983#6,7059
1982#5,91111
1981#4,34417
1980#3,60922
1979#3,66821
1978#3,92418
1977#4,06917
1976#4,36314
1975#3,63718
1974#5,01111
1973#3,78716
1972#3,27619
1971#3,37319
1970#3,11021
1969#3,31817
1968#2,78921
1967#3,65613
1966#3,40014
1965#2,83319
1964#3,10817
1963#2,61922
1962#3,03317
1961#2,67321
1960#2,06131
1959#2,28925
1958#2,50621
1957#2,12127
1956#2,10327
1955#2,41121
1954#1,76934
1953#2,59517
1952#2,20022
1951#2,01624
1950#1,91125
1949#1,91725
1948#2,97412
1947#2,44817
1946#1,91923
1945#1,87420
1944#1,86721
1943#2,15117
1942#2,21416
1941#1,44629
1940#1,54925
1939#2,20614
1938#1,54724
1937#2,31713
1936#1,87317
1935#1,77919
1934#2,08715
1933#1,72320
1932#1,68521
1931#2,20514
1930#2,30614
1929#2,58712
1928#2,38114
1927#2,55213
1926#2,87211
1925#1,94620
1924#1,87222
1923#2,46514
1922#3,3799
1921#2,50914
1920#2,73112
1919#2,81311
1918#3,8697
1917#3,3448
1916#3,9196
1915#4,2745
1914
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1912#1,84410
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five girls were named Romelia! It came in at #1,844, and was given to 10 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1913–1915, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Romelia
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 7,593 spots since 2024 (#5,615#13,208)
  • 2,958 spots since 2020 (#10,250#13,208)
  • 1,274 spots since 2015 (#14,482#13,208)
Rise & fade · girls
29 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1941 at #1,446 (29 births)
  • Births halved by 1948, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 41,659
  • Highest: 1 in 41,659 girls born in 1941 were named Romelia (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 15.0% of all girls named Romelia (243) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s47#1,844 (1912)#3,344
1920s141#1,872 (1924)#2,529
1930s171#1,547 (1938)#1,973
1940s205#1,446 (1941)#2,036
1950s243#1,769 (1954)#2,192
1960s192#2,061 (1960)#2,949
1970s174#3,110 (1970)#3,822
1980s131#3,609 (1980)#6,070
1990s90#7,498 (1993)#9,113
2000s56#8,758 (2001)#11,950
2010s87#6,414 (2019)#11,682
2020s86#5,126 (2023)#8,535

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.

Romelia in 1941

girls
#1,446
29 births · 1 in 41,659 girls

Top girls' names in 1941

  1. #1Mary58,048
  2. #2Barbara39,543
  3. #3Patricia36,905
  4. #4Carol24,187
  5. #5Linda23,721
  6. #6Judith23,320
  7. #7Betty20,905
  8. #8Nancy20,885
  9. #9Sandra19,500
  10. #10Shirley16,954
  11. #1,446Romelia29
More about 1941

girls

1,208,119 girls got a published name in 1941; 1 in 41,659 of them was named Romelia, which outranked 71.6% of the 5,085 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Romelia
  1. #1,418Sharol30
  2. #1,418Sueann30
  3. #1,418Verlie30
  4. #1,446Romelia29
  5. #1,446Alexandria29
  6. #1,446Ceola29
  7. #1,446Clair29
  8. #1,472Annabell28
  9. #1,472Berna28
  10. #1,472Berneice28

Tied with 25 names at #1,446; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1940
Risers
  1. 2,130Jerilyn#2,737#607
  2. 1,258Trina#2,109#851
  3. 372Karan#1,347#975
  4. 371Kristine#1,313#942
  5. 356Sherri#1,186#830
Fallers
  1. 447Kenneth#971#1,418
  2. 421Janna#997#1,418
  3. 366Beatriz#989#1,355
  4. 338Merna#997#1,335
  5. 337Eldora#957#1,294

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

See the top 100 for 1941