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

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Peak · boys
1904 · 13 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,744
since 1889

Romie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201917peak #1,485, 1894peak #647, 1904girlsboys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,16750#6,14314
2024#3,45945#12,3495
2023#4,45431#10,8216
2022#4,67129#7,76810
2021#4,96426
2020#5,48722#12,0225
2019#9,73610#9,7567
2018#8,61712#12,1565
2017#10,6899#8,1409
2016#9,41111
2015#14,4826
2014#8,05314
2013#11,0009
2012#7,45616#12,2745
2011#10,37410#10,8086
2010#7,88015#8,1399
2009#8,88813
2008#12,5798
2007#15,4916#10,9216
2006#7,86815
2005#14,5026#9,1157
2004#7,82814#8,1438
2003#13,8446#7,8318
2002#9,3926
2001#6,44510
2000#9,16310
1999#11,3857#7,1398
1998#8,58410#7,5607
1997#12,0706#6,6188
1996#7,9716
1995
1994
1993#5,36010
1992
1991#6,5197
1990
1989#5,6158
1988#10,3866#5,2008
1987#4,9688
1986
1985#6,5235
1984
1983#5,4846
1982#4,2349
1981#4,9617
1980#7,4188#4,9407
1979#3,35712
1978#4,5547
1977#4,5827
1976#3,7249
1975#3,9418
1974#2,54915
1973#6,6667#4,5056
1972#3,9637
1971#3,14610
1970#3,5218
1969#2,86110
1968#1,96217
1967#2,61110
1966#6,5645#2,46511
1965#6,5395#3,5376
1964#1,97517
1963#1,95717
1962#2,18614
1961
1960#2,04216
1959#2,03316
1958#1,89618
1957#1,95217
1956#1,88618
1955#5,2086#1,90217
1954#1,82618
1953#5,6735#2,18613
1952#1,93916
1951#2,13513
1950#3,9628#2,11113
1949#5,2445#1,58322
1948#1,40027
1947#5,2955#1,51924
1946#1,64219
1945#1,92613
1944#4,5745#1,68317
1943#4,6915#1,30828
1942#3,7387#1,49622
1941#1,23029
1940#3,5037#1,36824
1939#1,39023
1938#3,1818#1,55919
1937#1,11934
1936#1,27127
1935#1,39024
1934#3,8026#1,29327
1933#1,25128
1932#2,83110#1,58420
1931#1,53821
1930#4,0476#1,88916
1929#4,5705#1,48024
1928#3,4368#1,32330
1927#4,8055#1,60323
1926#3,2699#1,46625
1925#3,6648#1,27932
1924#3,3939#1,24634
1923#3,6418#1,27532
1922#1,07243
1921#5,0995#1,25234
1920#3,9577#1,04544
1919#2,64012#1,29730
1918#2,37614#1,03542
1917#3,3448#1,20332
1916#4,4175#1,15732
1915#3,1348#1,34225
1914#1,00331
1913#2,1649#1,17319
1912#2,6346#1,22315
1911#1,7405
1910#1,04510
1909#95110
1908#2,1015#87710
1907#2,0615#1,2006
1906#9278
1905#8369
1904#64713
1903#1,0096
1902#1,1375
1901#7279
1900
1899#7868
1898#8857
1897
1896#1,1015
1895
1894#1,4855
1893#65010
1892#1,0665
1891#8416
1890
1889#9745
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.

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
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#974 (1889)#974
1890s41#650 (1893)#888
1900s76#647 (1904)#923
1910s241#1,003 (1914)#1,222
1920s321#1,045 (1920)#1,304
1930s239#1,119 (1937)#1,428
1940s225#1,230 (1941)#1,516
1950s159#1,826 (1954)#1,987
1960s118#1,957 (1963)#2,400
1970s89#2,549 (1974)#3,784
1980s58#4,234 (1982)#5,241
1990s46#5,360 (1993)#6,861
2000s45#6,445 (2001)#8,641
2010s41#8,139 (2010)#10,212
2020s40#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

girls
#3,344
8 births · 1 in 135,158 girls
boys
#1,203
32 births · 1 in 28,921 boys

Top girls' names in 1917

  1. #1Mary64,280
  2. #2Helen34,251
  3. #3Dorothy28,852
  4. #4Margaret25,560
  5. #5Ruth23,568
  6. #6Mildred16,256
  7. #7Anna15,160
  8. #8Elizabeth15,131
  9. #9Frances14,363
  10. #10Virginia14,261
  11. #3,344Romie8

Top boys' names in 1917

  1. #1John51,852
  2. #2William42,422
  3. #3James37,337
  4. #4Robert35,220
  5. #5Joseph24,761
  6. #6George24,196
  7. #7Charles24,143
  8. #8Edward17,501
  9. #9Frank15,768
  10. #10Thomas12,611
  11. #1,203Romie32
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).

Ranked beside Romie
  1. #3,092Zephyr9
  2. #3,092Zofia9
  3. #3,092Zuma9
  4. #3,344Romie8
  5. #3,344Abbey8
  6. #3,344Adalyn8
  7. #3,344Adolph8
  8. #3,713Addine7
  9. #3,713Adene7
  10. #3,713Adina7

Tied with 368 names at #3,344; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 549Georgene#1,445#896
  2. 380Ottie#1,332#952
  3. 365Louis#1,298#933
  4. 334Valentine#1,298#964
  5. 322Harold#1,210#888
Fallers
  1. 401Ceola#840#1,241
  2. 373Floretta#964#1,337
  3. 344Buelah#993#1,337
  4. 326Glennie#915#1,241
  5. 290Maye#915#1,205

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).

Ranked beside Romie
  1. #1,175Stanislaus33
  2. #1,175Stanislaw33
  3. #1,175Wheeler33
  4. #1,203Romie32
  5. #1,203Aleck32
  6. #1,203Daryl32
  7. #1,203Gussie32
  8. #1,222Alfonzo31
  9. #1,222Amon31
  10. #1,222Bryce31

Tied with 18 names at #1,203; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 520Nicolas#1,304#784
  2. 469Hezekiah#1,415#946
  3. 433Hilliard#1,415#982
  4. 404Rayford#1,304#900
  5. 338Minoru#1,335#997
Fallers
  1. 1,738Tatsuo#824#2,562
  2. 709Berlin#984#1,693
  3. 556Prentice#972#1,528
  4. 473Manning#964#1,437
  5. 457Lovell#939#1,396

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

See the top 100 for 1917