Romy
- #694 for girls in 2025, 407 births
- #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
- Given to girls 93.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 407 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,298since 1959
Romy 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. Not on the chart: 5 boys in 1932 (see the data table).
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #694 | 407 | #7,194 | 11 |
| 2024 | #926 | 286 | #7,765 | 10 |
| 2023 | #1,277 | 179 | #8,921 | 8 |
| 2022 | #1,355 | 172 | #8,990 | 8 |
| 2021 | #1,441 | 149 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #1,503 | 142 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #1,708 | 122 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #1,915 | 104 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #2,200 | 86 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,206 | 87 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,382 | 77 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #2,781 | 62 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | #3,123 | 52 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,654 | 67 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,838 | 61 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,203 | 51 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,000 | 57 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,158 | 53 | #7,187 | 11 |
| 2007 | #2,684 | 68 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,136 | 53 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,029 | 35 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,748 | 38 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #4,418 | 29 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | #4,071 | 31 | #7,055 | 9 |
| 2001 | #3,785 | 34 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #5,151 | 22 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #3,569 | 34 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,730 | 31 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #4,819 | 21 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #4,739 | 21 | — | |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 | — | |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #6,253 | 14 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 | — | |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | — | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | #5,571 | 12 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,761 | 19 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #3,787 | 16 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,451 | 29 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #2,340 | 33 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,203 | 36 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,454 | 28 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,431 | 26 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,702 | 45 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,022 | 33 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,489 | 56 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,319 | 72 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #1,839 | 40 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,161 | 16 | — | |
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| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1959
The first year at least five girls were named Romy! It came in at #6,245, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1959–1961, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Romy is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Massachusetts#263 · 1 in 1,092
- Nebraska#296 · 1 in 1,014
- New York#328 · 1 in 1,536
- California#436 · 1 in 2,128
- Utah#440 · 1 in 1,897
Best ever in a state: #263 in Massachusetts, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #263 | 22 | 1 in 1,092 |
| Nebraska | #296 | 7 | 1 in 1,014 |
| New York | #328 | 51 | 1 in 1,536 |
| California | #436 | 76 | 1 in 2,128 |
| Utah | #440 | 9 | 1 in 1,897 |
| Colorado | #456 | 12 | 1 in 1,944 |
| Oregon | #483 | 7 | 1 in 1,865 |
| Kansas | #497 | 6 | 1 in 1,968 |
| Nevada | #508 | 5 | 1 in 1,840 |
| Washington | #511 | 13 | 1 in 2,220 |
| Arizona | #546 | 12 | 1 in 2,352 |
| Oklahoma | #546 | 7 | 1 in 2,111 |
| Michigan | #638 | 12 | 1 in 2,978 |
| New Jersey | #667 | 11 | 1 in 3,227 |
| Missouri | #728 | 7 | 1 in 3,471 |
| Minnesota | #731 | 6 | 1 in 3,580 |
| Ohio | #801 | 11 | 1 in 4,297 |
| Maryland | #840 | 5 | 1 in 3,997 |
| Illinois | #852 | 10 | 1 in 4,433 |
| Pennsylvania | #871 | 10 | 1 in 4,669 |
| Florida | #959 | 16 | 1 in 5,423 |
| Georgia | #984 | 9 | 1 in 5,023 |
| Texas | #1,062 | 26 | 1 in 6,175 |
| Virginia | #1,180 | 5 | 1 in 6,748 |
| North Carolina | #1,281 | 6 | 1 in 7,747 |
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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 Romy
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 809 spots since 2020 (#1,503 → #694)
- Biggest jump: 351 spots in 2024
Rise & fade · girls
66 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1959
- Peaked 2025 at #694 (407 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 2024–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,949
- Highest: 1 in 3,949 girls born in 2025 were named Romy (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
- 40.5% of all girls named Romy (1,335) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1959
- Mostly boys until 1958, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #6,245 (1959) | #6,245 |
| 1960s | 316 | #1,319 (1964) | #2,052 |
| 1970s | 188 | #2,203 (1970) | #4,183 |
| 1980s | 90 | #5,539 (1984) | #6,804 |
| 1990s | 175 | #3,569 (1999) | #6,280 |
| 2000s | 420 | #2,684 (2007) | #3,718 |
| 2010s | 769 | #1,708 (2019) | #2,501 |
| 2020s | 1,335 | #694 (2025) | #1,199 |
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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