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 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
girls
1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 135,158 of them was named Romie, which outranked 37.0% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,092Zephyr9
- #3,092Zofia9
- #3,092Zuma9
- #3,344Romie8
- #3,344Abbey8
- #3,344Adalyn8
- #3,344Adolph8
- #3,713Addine7
- #3,713Adene7
- #3,713Adina7
Tied with 368 names at #3,344; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 28,921 of them was named Romie, which outranked 73.9% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,175Stanislaus33
- #1,175Stanislaw33
- #1,175Wheeler33
- #1,203Romie32
- #1,203Aleck32
- #1,203Daryl32
- #1,203Gussie32
- #1,222Alfonzo31
- #1,222Amon31
- #1,222Bryce31
Tied with 18 names at #1,203; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.