Romelle
- Last seen for girls in 1989 at #12,362
- Last seen for boys in 2021 at #12,146
- Given to girls 68.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1940 · 21 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 338since 1915
Romelle over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | — | #12,185 | 5 | |
| 2015 | — | #8,040 | 9 | |
| 2014 | — | #10,717 | 6 | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | #12,274 | 5 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | #9,693 | 7 | |
| 2009 | — | #8,310 | 9 | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | #10,662 | 6 | |
| 2005 | — | #11,472 | 5 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,927 | 7 | |
| 2003 | — | #10,894 | 5 | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | #6,935 | 9 | |
| 2000 | — | #9,112 | 6 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,874 | 7 | |
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,642 | 10 | |
| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | #5,942 | 8 | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
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| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | #4,141 | 9 | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | #4,509 | 8 | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | #5,059 | 6 | |
| 1977 | — | — | ||
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| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | — | |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | — | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | — | |
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | — | |
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | — | |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,309 | 13 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,186 | 14 | — | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,295 | 22 | — | |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | — | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | — | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | — | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | — | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 | — | |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,882 | 19 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,745 | 21 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,735 | 10 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,386 | 12 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,917 | 17 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,741 | 10 | — | |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | — | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | — | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | — | |
| 1927 | — | — | ||
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| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | — | |
| 1923 | — | — | ||
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| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | — | |
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | — | |
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | — | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1915
The first year at least five girls were named Romelle! It came in at #4,274, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1915–1918, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Romelle is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Romelle in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Romelle
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1989
Rise & fade · girls
25 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1940 at #1,745 (21 births)
- Births halved by 1942, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 54,454
- Highest: 1 in 54,454 girls born in 1940 were named Romelle (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 368,710 girls born in 1989 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
- 29.3% of all girls named Romelle (99) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1978
- Mostly girls until 1977, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 17 | #3,817 (1919) | #4,169 |
| 1920s | 18 | #3,743 (1928) | #4,423 |
| 1930s | 76 | #1,917 (1935) | #3,093 |
| 1940s | 99 | #1,745 (1940) | #3,595 |
| 1950s | 92 | #2,295 (1954) | #4,459 |
| 1960s | 26 | #5,008 (1964) | #5,685 |
| 1970s | 5 | #7,995 (1970) | #7,995 |
| 1980s | 5 | #12,362 (1989) | #12,362 |
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.
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