girls:
1.6k births since 1912
#4161 (27th percentile)
overall:
1.6k births since 1912
#6151 (21st percentile)
The name Romelia is the #6,151 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,595 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 20.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 20.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,161 (27.2% percentile) for all time with 1,595 births since 1912.
Romelia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (first recorded for girls in 1912). Birth data for Romelia is available in 106 out of the 112 years between 1912 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Romelia reached its peak popularity in 1941, achieving the 4.1% percentile (ranked #565) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 1941, with 23 births per million (ranked 4.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Romelia ranks #927 for girls (2.1% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 61.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Romelia".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Romelia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 41.7% confident that Romelia is pronounced as roh-MEEL-yuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is roh-MEE-lee-uh, at 38.9% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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