girls:
98 births since 1920
#5618 (2nd percentile)
boys:
1.4k births since 1944
#3199 (30th percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1920
#6203 (20th percentile)
The name Romell is the #6,203 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,543 recorded births since 1920. This represents the 19.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 19.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,199 (30.2% percentile) for all time with 1,445 births since 1944. For girls, it ranks #5,618 (1.7% percentile) for all time with 98 births since 1920.
Romell first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1920 (1920 for girls and 1944 for boys). Birth data for Romell is available in 81 out of the 104 years between 1920 and 2023 (69 years for boys and 16 years for girls). 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.
The name Romell has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 93.6% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 1944, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1920 to 1943), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (97.3% boys from 1944 to 2023).
For boys, Romell reached its peak popularity in 1979, achieving the 4.1% percentile (ranked #660) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 19 births per million (ranked 3.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Romell ranks #895 for boys (1.8% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 60.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Romell reached its peak popularity in 1939, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #578) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1939, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1966.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Romell".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Romell. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 63.9% confident that Romell is pronounced as roh-MEHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ruh-MEHL, at 22.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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