Filomena

#4,460 for girls in 2025, 31 births

Peak · girls
1907 · 70 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,550
since 1885

Filomena over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Filomena has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201898peak #427, 1907girls
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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#4,46031
2024#4,56030
2023#3,98437
2022#4,20234
2021#4,60729
2020#4,88026
2019#4,90927
2018#7,10016
2017#4,92227
2016#5,13026
2015#5,83322
2014#6,20720
2013#6,46219
2012#7,80415
2011#12,1538
2010#12,2768
2009#8,88813
2008#11,5999
2007#13,9247
2006#12,4208
2005#11,8348
2004#10,6909
2003#13,8446
2002#8,83711
2001#12,0567
2000#9,8749
1999—
1998#8,01611
1997#13,7245
1996—
1995—
1994#8,12210
1993#10,5887
1992#6,65213
1991#13,1475
1990#10,1937
1989#9,6817
1988#5,59814
1987#5,31214
1986#9,5456
1985#5,07714
1984#9,1446
1983#5,82411
1982#5,53412
1981#4,74615
1980#5,24513
1979#5,09213
1978#4,07917
1977#2,90927
1976#3,09523
1975#2,96924
1974#2,92224
1973#2,62927
1972#2,82024
1971#2,42731
1970#2,45030
1969#2,10236
1968#2,16431
1967#2,01234
1966#2,30827
1965#2,15430
1964#2,07133
1963#2,01534
1962#2,26428
1961#2,47424
1960#2,19628
1959#1,88135
1958#2,58120
1957#2,82317
1956#2,19425
1955#2,10826
1954#2,59218
1953#2,43119
1952#2,67116
1951#1,80529
1950#2,25319
1949#1,84527
1948#2,00823
1947#2,44817
1946#2,15319
1945#2,45813
1944#1,96719
1943#1,83422
1942#1,55928
1941#1,61024
1940#1,37430
1939#1,35030
1938#1,15939
1937#1,09942
1936#1,09641
1935#1,05543
1934#91756
1933#94752
1932#83068
1931#81270
1930#73890
1929#678107
1928#650116
1927#678114
1926#530174
1925#599146
1924#530184
1923#480207
1922#542171
1921#525182
1920#534176
1919#520171
1918#561160
1917#568141
1916#531155
1915#518146
1914#484130
1913#497105
1912#53982
1911#48971
1910#48770
1909#54149
1908#47657
1907#42770
1906#52843
1905#49746
1904#48047
1903#49641
1902#60030
1901#63025
1900#72525
1899#56529
1898#92014
1897#89513
1896#87214
1895#85814
1894#81214
1893—
1892#86112
1891#9439
1890#1,0068
1889#9508
1888#83710
1887—
1886#1,1085
1885#1,0475
1884—
1883—
1882—
1881—
1880—
First appearance
1885

The first year at least five girls were named Filomena! It came in at #1,047, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1885–1887, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Filomena is popular in 1898

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Filomena
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 100 spots since 2024 (#4,560 → #4,460)
  • 420 spots since 2020 (#4,880 → #4,460)
  • 1,373 spots since 2015 (#5,833 → #4,460)
  • Biggest jump: 355 spots in 1899 (#920 → #565)
  • Biggest drop: 160 spots in 1900 (#565 → #725)
Rise & fade · girls
22 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 1907 at #427 (70 births)
  • Births halved by 1939, 32 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 45 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1894–1934
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,551
  • Highest: 1 in 4,551 girls born in 1907 were named Filomena (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 51,847 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 28.4% of all girls named Filomena (1,577) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s28#837 (1888)#986
1890s127#565 (1899)#859
1900s433#427 (1907)#540
1910s1,231#484 (1914)#519
1920s1,577#480 (1923)#575
1930s531#738 (1930)#1,000
1940s222#1,374 (1940)#1,926
1950s224#1,805 (1951)#2,334
1960s305#2,012 (1967)#2,176
1970s240#2,427 (1971)#3,139
1980s112#4,746 (1981)#6,571
1990s58#6,652 (1992)#10,063
2000s87#8,837 (2002)#11,397
2010s188#4,909 (2019)#7,280
2020s187#3,984 (2023)#4,449

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.

Filomena in 1898

girls
#920
14 births · 1 in 18,484 girls

Top girls' names in 1898

  1. #1Mary14,406
  2. #2Anna5,773
  3. #3Helen5,230
  4. #4Margaret4,696
  5. #5Ruth4,249
  6. #6Florence3,790
  7. #7Elizabeth3,659
  8. #8Ethel3,531
  9. #9Marie3,435
  10. #10Lillian3,061
  11. #920Filomena14
More about 1898

girls

258,769 girls got a published name in 1898; 1 in 18,484 of them was named Filomena, which outranked 53.4% of the 1,975 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Filomena
  1. #886Virgil15
  2. #886Zelia15
  3. #886Zenobia15
  4. #920Filomena14
  5. #920Adda14
  6. #920Adelina14
  7. #920Aida14
  8. #963Alena13
  9. #963Alida13
  10. #963Alverta13

Tied with 42 names at #920; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1897
Risers
  1. ↑ 958Manila#1,263 → #305
  2. ↑ 889Ouida#1,555 → #666
  3. ↑ 858Ula#1,555 → #697
  4. ↑ 836Sofia#1,555 → #719
  5. ↑ 715Leonor#1,555 → #840
Fallers
  1. ↓ 833Vertie#867 → #1,700
  2. ↓ 821Fae#681 → #1,502
  3. ↓ 805Beda#895 → #1,700
  4. ↓ 805Nolia#895 → #1,700
  5. ↓ 769Azzie#931 → #1,700

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

See the top 100 for 1898 →