girls:
2.6k births since 1959
#3389 (41st percentile)
boys:
214 births since 1932
#4372 (5th percentile)
overall:
2.8k births since 1932
#5091 (34th percentile)
The name Romy is the #5,091 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,817 recorded births since 1932. This represents the 34.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 34.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,389 (40.7% percentile) for all time with 2,603 births since 1959. For boys, it ranks #4,372 (4.6% percentile) for all time with 214 births since 1932.
Romy first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1932 (1932 for boys and 1959 for girls). Birth data for Romy is available in 63 out of the 92 years between 1932 and 2023 (62 years for girls and 32 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 Romy has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 92.4% of all recorded births being female. Interestingly, until around 1959, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1932 to 1958), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (92.6% girls from 1959 to 2023).
For girls, Romy reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 18.4% percentile (ranked #773) with 102 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 102 births per million (ranked 18.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1989, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Romy is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #773 (18.4% percentile) with 102 births per million.
For boys, Romy reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #901) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Romy ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 86.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Romy".
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