Philomena
#1,911 for girls in 2025, 101 births
- Peak · girls
- 1915 · 284 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,951since 1880
Philomena over time
Rank among girls' names. Philomena has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,911 | 101 |
| 2024 | #1,810 | 111 |
| 2023 | #2,288 | 80 |
| 2022 | #2,253 | 83 |
| 2021 | #2,345 | 77 |
| 2020 | #2,115 | 86 |
| 2019 | #2,056 | 92 |
| 2018 | #2,159 | 87 |
| 2017 | #2,097 | 92 |
| 2016 | #2,093 | 93 |
| 2015 | #2,351 | 78 |
| 2014 | #2,615 | 67 |
| 2013 | #3,573 | 43 |
| 2012 | #3,782 | 41 |
| 2011 | #3,723 | 41 |
| 2010 | #4,608 | 31 |
| 2009 | #6,811 | 19 |
| 2008 | #5,750 | 24 |
| 2007 | #4,475 | 33 |
| 2006 | #5,383 | 25 |
| 2005 | #5,437 | 23 |
| 2004 | #4,816 | 27 |
| 2003 | #6,299 | 18 |
| 2002 | #6,392 | 17 |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 |
| 2000 | #6,208 | 17 |
| 1999 | #5,219 | 20 |
| 1998 | #4,955 | 21 |
| 1997 | #5,868 | 16 |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 |
| 1978 | #4,459 | 15 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
| 1971 | #3,508 | 18 |
| 1970 | #3,208 | 20 |
| 1969 | #2,844 | 22 |
| 1968 | #3,610 | 14 |
| 1967 | #2,963 | 18 |
| 1966 | #2,519 | 23 |
| 1965 | #2,464 | 24 |
| 1964 | #3,000 | 18 |
| 1963 | #2,704 | 21 |
| 1962 | #2,113 | 31 |
| 1961 | #2,411 | 25 |
| 1960 | #1,725 | 43 |
| 1959 | #1,596 | 46 |
| 1958 | #1,606 | 44 |
| 1957 | #1,728 | 39 |
| 1956 | #1,319 | 62 |
| 1955 | #1,383 | 52 |
| 1954 | #1,333 | 56 |
| 1953 | #1,207 | 64 |
| 1952 | #1,236 | 59 |
| 1951 | #1,277 | 53 |
| 1950 | #1,200 | 59 |
| 1949 | #1,304 | 49 |
| 1948 | #1,197 | 57 |
| 1947 | #1,193 | 57 |
| 1946 | #1,276 | 46 |
| 1945 | #1,402 | 33 |
| 1944 | #1,129 | 48 |
| 1943 | #1,087 | 54 |
| 1942 | #954 | 67 |
| 1941 | #865 | 71 |
| 1940 | #887 | 65 |
| 1939 | #882 | 63 |
| 1938 | #775 | 81 |
| 1937 | #761 | 80 |
| 1936 | #776 | 76 |
| 1935 | #763 | 79 |
| 1934 | #635 | 110 |
| 1933 | #609 | 114 |
| 1932 | #565 | 133 |
| 1931 | #527 | 156 |
| 1930 | #500 | 178 |
| 1929 | #437 | 226 |
| 1928 | #459 | 225 |
| 1927 | #419 | 267 |
| 1926 | #427 | 261 |
| 1925 | #419 | 270 |
| 1924 | #403 | 291 |
| 1923 | #384 | 299 |
| 1922 | #371 | 308 |
| 1921 | #392 | 294 |
| 1920 | #404 | 270 |
| 1919 | #416 | 244 |
| 1918 | #401 | 265 |
| 1917 | #371 | 290 |
| 1916 | #357 | 296 |
| 1915 | #355 | 284 |
| 1914 | #367 | 207 |
| 1913 | #387 | 156 |
| 1912 | #392 | 139 |
| 1911 | #388 | 109 |
| 1910 | #443 | 81 |
| 1909 | #435 | 72 |
| 1908 | #368 | 96 |
| 1907 | #409 | 75 |
| 1906 | #447 | 58 |
| 1905 | #393 | 73 |
| 1904 | #474 | 48 |
| 1903 | #390 | 66 |
| 1902 | #459 | 47 |
| 1901 | #475 | 40 |
| 1900 | #556 | 38 |
| 1899 | #424 | 47 |
| 1898 | #555 | 33 |
| 1897 | #477 | 36 |
| 1896 | #504 | 34 |
| 1895 | #520 | 32 |
| 1894 | #586 | 25 |
| 1893 | #571 | 24 |
| 1892 | #510 | 28 |
| 1891 | #669 | 16 |
| 1890 | #570 | 21 |
| 1889 | #543 | 22 |
| 1888 | #512 | 24 |
| 1887 | #788 | 9 |
| 1886 | #572 | 15 |
| 1885 | #576 | 14 |
| 1884 | #686 | 10 |
| 1883 | #499 | 15 |
| 1882 | #596 | 10 |
| 1881 | #503 | 11 |
| 1880 | #547 | 10 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Philomena was already there! It came in at #547, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1984, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Philomena is popular in 1918
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Connecticut#139 · 1 in 699
- New Jersey#160 · 1 in 1,021
- Pennsylvania#181 · 1 in 1,422
- New York#211 · 1 in 1,632
- Massachusetts#212 · 1 in 2,052
Best ever in a state: #107 in Connecticut, 1924.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | #139 | 21 | 1 in 699 |
| New Jersey | #160 | 31 | 1 in 1,021 |
| Pennsylvania | #181 | 70 | 1 in 1,422 |
| New York | #211 | 62 | 1 in 1,632 |
| Massachusetts | #212 | 18 | 1 in 2,052 |
| Ohio | #318 | 14 | 1 in 3,894 |
| Illinois | #486 | 9 | 1 in 6,888 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Philomena
- 101 spots since 2024 (#1,810 → #1,911)
- 204 spots since 2020 (#2,115 → #1,911)
- 440 spots since 2015 (#2,351 → #1,911)
- Biggest jump: 276 spots in 1888 (#788 → #512)
- Biggest drop: 216 spots in 1887 (#572 → #788)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1915 at #355 (284 births)
- Births halved by 1932, 17 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1880–1942
- Highest: 1 in 3,464 girls born in 1915 were named Philomena (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 15,914 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 27.2% of all girls named Philomena (2,711) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 140 | #499 (1883) | #582 |
| 1890s | 296 | #424 (1899) | #539 |
| 1900s | 613 | #368 (1908) | #441 |
| 1910s | 2,071 | #355 (1915) | #388 |
| 1920s | 2,711 | #371 (1922) | #412 |
| 1930s | 1,070 | #500 (1930) | #679 |
| 1940s | 547 | #865 (1941) | #1,129 |
| 1950s | 534 | #1,200 (1950) | #1,389 |
| 1960s | 239 | #1,725 (1960) | #2,635 |
| 1970s | 115 | #3,208 (1970) | #5,486 |
| 1980s | 72 | #5,457 (1983) | #7,958 |
| 1990s | 122 | #4,955 (1998) | #7,971 |
| 2000s | 218 | #4,475 (2007) | #5,853 |
| 2010s | 665 | #2,056 (2019) | #2,906 |
| 2020s | 538 | #1,810 (2024) | #2,120 |
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.
Philomena in 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 4,368 of them was named Philomena, which outranked 92.8% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #398Cynthia271
- #399Beryl268
- #400Bobbie266
- #401Philomena265
- #401Paula265
- #403Birdie264
- #403Harriette264
- #405Tommie262
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.