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Romey

#13,495 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Diminutive of Rosemary

Romey has been given to 558 babies in the U.S. since 1910. In 2025 it ranked #13,495 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1918, with 12 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 59% boys, 41% girls all-time.

Babies named Romey, 2025

1 in 663,000

Romey over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Romey over time

In 2025, Romey went to 72% girls and 28% boys.

19102025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Romey: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Rosemary

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Romey means

Romey is a diminutive of Rosemary.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Rosemary.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 327 boys were recorded with the name Romey between 1910 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 12 in 1918; its best national rank was #1,798 in 1910.

Over 10 years its rank fell, from #11,809 in 2015 to #13,495 in 2025.

In the United States, 231 girls were recorded with the name Romey between 2000 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 21 in 2024; its best national rank was #5,923 in 2024.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #8,847 in 2020 to #8,247 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #11,658 in 2015 to #8,247 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Romey?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#13,495
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Romey sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Romey. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Romeys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Romey was born before 1939 — so the typical Romey is around 86 today.

Median birth year
1939
About 86 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
22.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
12.2%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
122
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Choose a decade

1920s — 22.0% of all recorded uses (72).

Is Romey rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−3,808
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,686
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.83×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
41.7%
Peak was 1918 (12)
Years since peak
107
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
10.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,798
1910

Spellings of Romey

Romey is not the most common spelling — Roger is, with 21.6% against Romey's 0.02%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Romey around the world

Where Romey ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2002–2025
    #1,035
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2024–2025
    #762
    in 2025

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland. ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Romey by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#13,495
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#1,798
1910
Peak year
1918
12 that year
First recorded
1910
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
327
Count in 2025
5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#8,247
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 600
Best rank ever
#5,923
2024
Peak year
2024
21 that year
First recorded
2000
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
231
Count in 2025
13

Names similar to Romey

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

RomirRomenRomynRomarRomariRomyRomaniRomaRomonRomiRomieRomuloRomioRameyRomulusRomeloRomanoRomelRominRomneyRomellRomoloRommelRomere

Sibling names for Romey

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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