girls:
197 births since 2000
#5519 (3rd percentile)
boys:
314 births since 1910
#4272 (7th percentile)
overall:
511 births since 1910
#7228 (7th percentile)
The name Romey is the #7,228 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 511 recorded births since 1910. This represents the 6.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,272 (6.8% percentile) for all time with 314 births since 1910. For girls, it ranks #5,519 (3.4% percentile) for all time with 197 births since 2000.
Romey first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1910 (1910 for boys and 2000 for girls). Birth data for Romey is available in 62 out of the 114 years between 1910 and 2023 (46 years for boys and 21 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 Romey has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (61.4% of all recorded births). In 2023, 0.0% of babies named Romey were boys. Interestingly, until around 2003, the name was more popular for boys (96.6% boys from 1910 to 2002), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (87.4% girls from 2003 to 2023).
For boys, Romey reached its peak popularity in 1918, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #524) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1910, with 24 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2019.
For girls, Romey reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #922) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2012, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Romey is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #933 (1.5% percentile) with 11 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Romey".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Romey is pronounced as ROH-mee, which has 2 syllables.
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