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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | — | ||
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.
See more about Romie
- 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)
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1904 at #647 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1907, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1904–1906
- 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%)
- 18.4% of all boys named Romie (321) were born in this decade
- 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 1916
Top girls' names in 1916
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
girls
1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 208,867 of them was named Romie, which outranked 14.4% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 744 names at #4,417; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 27,815 of them was named Romie, which outranked 74.5% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,138Solon33
- #1,138Toney33
- #1,138Wayland33
- #1,157Romie32
- #1,157Arlington32
- #1,157Authur32
- #1,157Barnett32
- #1,176Alejandro31
- #1,176Anson31
- #1,176Arland31
Tied with 18 names at #1,157; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.