girls:
1.2k births since 1961
#4498 (21st percentile)
boys:
90 births since 1992
#4496 (2nd percentile)
overall:
1.3k births since 1961
#6431 (17th percentile)
The name Romi is the #6,431 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,311 recorded births since 1961. This represents the 16.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 16.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,498 (21.3% percentile) for all time with 1,221 births since 1961. For boys, it ranks #4,496 (1.9% percentile) for all time with 90 births since 1992.
Romi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1961 (1961 for girls and 1992 for boys). Birth data for Romi is available in 46 out of the 63 years between 1961 and 2023 (46 years for girls and 11 years for boys). 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 Romi has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 93.1% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 90.1% of babies named Romi were girls.
For girls, Romi reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 13.0% percentile (ranked #824) with 73 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 73 births per million (ranked 13.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Romi is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #824 (13.0% percentile) with 73 births per million.
For boys, Romi reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #902) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Romi is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #902 (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Romi".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Romi is pronounced as ROH-mee, which has 2 syllables.
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