Romy
#694 for girls in 2025, 407 births · #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
Given to girls 93.3% of the time
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #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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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 2018
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Nevada#535 · 1 in 2,124
- New York#998 · 1 in 5,779
- New Jersey#1,022 · 1 in 5,987
- Washington#1,071 · 1 in 6,082
- California#1,413 · 1 in 10,526
Best ever in a state: #263 in Massachusetts, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada | #535 | 5 | 1 in 2,124 |
| New York | #998 | 15 | 1 in 5,779 |
| New Jersey | #1,022 | 6 | 1 in 5,987 |
| Washington | #1,071 | 5 | 1 in 6,082 |
| California | #1,413 | 18 | 1 in 10,526 |
| Florida | #1,770 | 6 | 1 in 14,181 |
| Texas | #2,786 | 6 | 1 in 26,486 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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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
- 232 spots since 2024 (#926 → #694)
- 809 spots since 2020 (#1,503 → #694)
- 1,688 spots since 2015 (#2,382 → #694)
- Biggest jump: 351 spots in 2024 (#1,277 → #926)
- Debuted 1959
- Peaked 2025 at #694 (407 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 2024–2025
- Highest: 1 in 3,949 girls born in 2025 were named Romy (0.03%)
- 40.5% of all girls named Romy (1,335) were born in this decade
- 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.
Romy in 2018
Top girls' names in 2018
Top boys' names in 2018
More about 2018
girls
1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 16,356 of them was named Romy, which outranked 89.5% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,900Stormy105
- #1,900Yamilet105
- #1,900Zayda105
- #1,915Romy104
- #1,915Anylah104
- #1,915Elani104
- #1,915Eleanore104
- #1,925Anabel103
- #1,925Camellia103
- #1,925Delta103
Tied with 9 names at #1,915; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 363,232 of them was named Romy, which outranked 13.9% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,962 names at #12,156; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.