Romell

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Peak · boys
#1,711
1979 · 33 births
Debut · boys
1944
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,484
since 1944

Romell over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #3,145, 1939peak #1,711, 1979girlsboys
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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—#4,39623
2024—#5,65916
2023—#4,74221
2022—#4,30324
2021—#4,62821
2020—#4,54021
2019—#4,00326
2018—#4,35423
2017—#3,88927
2016—#3,99026
2015—#3,51331
2014—#2,92939
2013—#3,96425
2012—#3,05937
2011—#3,36432
2010—#3,37732
2009—#3,72128
2008—#3,28634
2007—#4,37522
2006—#3,02436
2005—#3,38929
2004—#3,63625
2003—#4,61617
2002—#3,25927
2001—#2,93131
2000—#2,80532
1999—#3,18225
1998—#2,78229
1997—#2,82327
1996—#3,40620
1995—#2,29934
1994—#2,61828
1993—#3,04222
1992—#3,33819
1991—#2,46928
1990—#2,48827
1989—#2,98920
1988—#3,20316
1987—#2,94217
1986—#2,29024
1985—#2,82817
1984—#1,72333
1983—#1,95527
1982—#2,51819
1981—#2,13824
1980—#2,36721
1979—#1,71133
1978—#1,79429
1977—#2,55617
1976—#1,93225
1975—#3,24611
1974—#2,05021
1973—#2,40516
1972—#2,15818
1971—#2,36616
1970—#2,39915
1969—#3,0629
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1966#5,8096#3,2497
1965—#3,2447
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1963#5,8916#4,0485
1962—#3,0418
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1960—#3,6656
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1958—#3,5596
1957—#3,5526
1956#5,9525#3,2167
1955—#2,9648
1954#5,7535#3,4526
1953—#2,7099
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1950—#3,6815
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First appearance
1944

The first year at least five boys were named Romell! It came in at #3,109, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1945–1950, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Romell is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedWIMichigan: #1,113 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,039 boysMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Romell, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Michigan#1,113 · 1 in 8,039

Best ever in a state: #505 in Ohio, 1976.

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Michigan#1,11351 in 8,039
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Romell
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1,263 spots since 2024 (#5,659 → #4,396)
  • 144 spots since 2020 (#4,540 → #4,396)
  • 883 spots since 2015 (#3,513 → #4,396)
Rise & fade · boys
35 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1944
  • Peaked 1979 at #1,711 (33 births)
  • Births halved by 1988, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 49,253
  • Highest: 1 in 49,253 boys born in 2014 were named Romell (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 74,264 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,711 in 1979, was only 1 in 52,168 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 20.1% of all boys named Romell (298) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1965
  • Mostly girls until 1964, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s6#3,109 (1944)#3,109
1950s53#2,709 (1953)#3,312
1960s42#3,041 (1962)#3,385
1970s201#1,711 (1979)#2,262
1980s218#1,723 (1984)#2,495
1990s259#2,299 (1995)#2,845
2000s281#2,805 (2000)#3,504
2010s298#2,929 (2014)#3,644
2020s126#4,303 (2022)#4,711

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.

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