Romie
#6,371 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Romie has been given to 2,415 babies in the U.S. since 1889. In 2025 it ranked #6,371 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1920, with 44 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 72% boys, 28% girls all-time.
Babies named Romie, 2025
1 in 237,000
Romie over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Romie over time
In 2025, Romie went to 78% girls and 22% boys.
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.
How common is Romie?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 237,000
- 14 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 122,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #6,371
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 164,137 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Romie sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 164,137 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Romie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Romies were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Romie was born before 1937 — so the typical Romie is around 88 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1920s
- 18.4% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 7.2%
- Mostly a past generation
- Recorded since 1950
- 596
- People you could plausibly meet
1920s — 18.4% of all recorded uses (321).
Is Romie 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
- +7,468
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +7,279
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 31.8%
- Peak was 1920 (44)
- Years since peak
- 105
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 36.4% average annual change
Spellings of Romie
Romie is not the most common spelling — Ronnie is, with 27.0% against Romie's 0.26%.
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.
Where Romie is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Romie was most concentrated in West Virginia — about 1 in 16,667 boys, against 1 in 60,595 across all states with data. It was least common in South Carolina (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1West Virginia1 in 16,667
- 2North Carolina1 in 33,333
- 3Georgia1 in 100,000
- 4Mississippi1 in —
- 5South Carolina1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Romie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Romie is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Romie was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 441,257 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Utah1 in 100,000
- 2California1 in —
- 3Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Romie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Romie around the world
Where Romie 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 & Wales2011–2025#1,007in 2025
- South Australia2006–2006#657in 2006
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Romie by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Romie
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Romie
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.