Romie
#3,167 for girls in 2025, 50 births · #6,143 for boys in 2025, 14 births
Given to boys 72.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1904 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,744since 1889
Romie over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,167 | 50 | #6,143 | 14 |
| 2024 | #3,459 | 45 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | #4,454 | 31 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #4,671 | 29 | #7,768 | 10 |
| 2021 | #4,964 | 26 | — | |
| 2020 | #5,487 | 22 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 | #9,756 | 7 |
| 2018 | #8,617 | 12 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | #8,140 | 9 |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 | — | |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | — | |
| 2014 | #8,053 | 14 | — | |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 | — | |
| 2012 | #7,456 | 16 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #7,880 | 15 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 | — | |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 | — | |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #7,868 | 15 | — | |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 | #8,143 | 8 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | — | #9,392 | 6 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,445 | 10 | |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | — | |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | — | #7,971 | 6 | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | #5,360 | 10 | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | #6,519 | 7 | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | #5,615 | 8 | |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | — | #4,968 | 8 | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | #6,523 | 5 | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | #5,484 | 6 | |
| 1982 | — | #4,234 | 9 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,961 | 7 | |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | — | #3,357 | 12 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,554 | 7 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,582 | 7 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,724 | 9 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,941 | 8 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,549 | 15 | |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,146 | 10 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,521 | 8 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,861 | 10 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,962 | 17 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,611 | 10 | |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | — | #1,975 | 17 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,957 | 17 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,186 | 14 | |
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | #2,042 | 16 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,033 | 16 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,896 | 18 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,952 | 17 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,886 | 18 | |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #1,902 | 17 |
| 1954 | — | #1,826 | 18 | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #2,186 | 13 |
| 1952 | — | #1,939 | 16 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,135 | 13 | |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | #2,111 | 13 |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #1,583 | 22 |
| 1948 | — | #1,400 | 27 | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #1,519 | 24 |
| 1946 | — | #1,642 | 19 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,926 | 13 | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #1,683 | 17 |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #1,308 | 28 |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | #1,496 | 22 |
| 1941 | — | #1,230 | 29 | |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | #1,368 | 24 |
| 1939 | — | #1,390 | 23 | |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | #1,559 | 19 |
| 1937 | — | #1,119 | 34 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,271 | 27 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,390 | 24 | |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | #1,293 | 27 |
| 1933 | — | #1,251 | 28 | |
| 1932 | #2,831 | 10 | #1,584 | 20 |
| 1931 | — | #1,538 | 21 | |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | #1,889 | 16 |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #1,480 | 24 |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | #1,323 | 30 |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #1,603 | 23 |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 | #1,466 | 25 |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | #1,279 | 32 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | #1,246 | 34 |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 | #1,275 | 32 |
| 1922 | — | #1,072 | 43 | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #1,252 | 34 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #1,045 | 44 |
| 1919 | #2,640 | 12 | #1,297 | 30 |
| 1918 | #2,376 | 14 | #1,035 | 42 |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | #1,203 | 32 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #1,157 | 32 |
| 1915 | #3,134 | 8 | #1,342 | 25 |
| 1914 | — | #1,003 | 31 | |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 | #1,173 | 19 |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 | #1,223 | 15 |
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,045 | 10 | |
| 1909 | — | #951 | 10 | |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | #877 | 10 |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | #1,200 | 6 |
| 1906 | — | #927 | 8 | |
| 1905 | — | #836 | 9 | |
| 1904 | — | #647 | 13 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,009 | 6 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | #727 | 9 | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | #786 | 8 | |
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | — | |
| 1893 | — | #650 | 10 | |
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1889
The first year at least five boys were named Romie! It came in at #974, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1890, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Romie is popular in 1893
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Romie
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 6,206 spots since 2024 (#12,349 → #6,143)
- 5,879 spots since 2020 (#12,022 → #6,143)
- Biggest jump: 416 spots in 1893 (#1,066 → #650)
- Biggest drop: 410 spots in 1902 (#727 → #1,137)
Rise & fade · boys
15 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1904 at #647 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1907, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1904–1906
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,856
- Highest: 1 in 9,856 boys born in 1904 were named Romie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 122,005 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 18.4% of all boys named Romie (321) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2006
- Mostly boys until 2005, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #974 (1889) | #974 |
| 1890s | 41 | #650 (1893) | #888 |
| 1900s | 76 | #647 (1904) | #923 |
| 1910s | 241 | #1,003 (1914) | #1,222 |
| 1920s | 321 | #1,045 (1920) | #1,304 |
| 1930s | 239 | #1,119 (1937) | #1,428 |
| 1940s | 225 | #1,230 (1941) | #1,516 |
| 1950s | 159 | #1,826 (1954) | #1,987 |
| 1960s | 118 | #1,957 (1963) | #2,400 |
| 1970s | 89 | #2,549 (1974) | #3,784 |
| 1980s | 58 | #4,234 (1982) | #5,241 |
| 1990s | 46 | #5,360 (1993) | #6,861 |
| 2000s | 45 | #6,445 (2001) | #8,641 |
| 2010s | 41 | #8,139 (2010) | #10,212 |
| 2020s | 40 | #6,143 (2025) | #9,821 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Romie in 1893
boys
#650
10 births · 1 in 11,232 boys
Top boys' names in 1893
More about 1893
boys
112,318 boys got a published name in 1893; 1 in 11,232 of them was named Romie, which outranked 44.9% of the 1,179 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 36.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).