Filomena
Filomena was given to 31 girls in 2025, #4,484 among girls’ names; 5,550 Americans have been recorded with it since 1885 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,550 Americans named Filomena and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (28% of everyone recorded); the median is 54 years old and half are between 18 and 68.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Filomena by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Filomena mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Filomena is “a female given name from the Romance languages Synonym of Philomena.”
From Latin Filumena, ultimately from Ancient Greek Φιλομήνη (Philomḗnē).
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Filomena?
#4,484 among girls’ names, 2025
Filomena rose from #5,891 in 2015 to #4,484 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 12.3 to 19.3 per million.
207 babies in 1923, the peak
Filomena peaked in 1923, when 207 girls were given it, #480 among girls’ names. The 31 births of 2025 are 15% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #4,484 | 0.02 |
| 2024 | 30 | #4,595 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 37 | #4,003 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 34 | #4,234 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 29 | #4,654 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 26 | #4,932 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,953 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,207 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,963 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,185 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (136)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 22 | #5,891 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,280 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,552 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,958 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,547 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,680 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 13 | #9,061 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,914 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 7 | #14,403 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,769 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 8 | #12,189 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,981 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 6 | #14,447 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 11 | #9,044 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,480 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 9 | #10,157 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,173 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 5 | #14,478 | under 0.01 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,331 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,954 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,771 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,865 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,565 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 7 | #10,037 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,686 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,383 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,920 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,147 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,496 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,936 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,646 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,801 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,325 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,186 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 17 | #4,127 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 27 | #2,933 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 23 | #3,121 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 24 | #2,992 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 24 | #2,939 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 27 | #2,646 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 24 | #2,837 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 31 | #2,439 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 30 | #2,466 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 36 | #2,113 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 31 | #2,177 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 34 | #2,019 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 27 | #2,316 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 30 | #2,166 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 33 | #2,080 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 34 | #2,031 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 28 | #2,278 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 24 | #2,491 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 28 | #2,209 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 35 | #1,895 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 20 | #2,602 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 17 | #2,847 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 25 | #2,208 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 26 | #2,128 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 18 | #2,620 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 19 | #2,454 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 16 | #2,713 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 29 | #1,817 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 19 | #2,280 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 27 | #1,854 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 23 | #2,028 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 17 | #2,483 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 19 | #2,179 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 13 | #2,505 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,985 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,853 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 28 | #1,568 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 24 | #1,625 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 30 | #1,385 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 30 | #1,361 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 39 | #1,166 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 42 | #1,105 | 0.04 |
| 1936 | 41 | #1,104 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 43 | #1,061 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 56 | #921 | 0.05 |
| 1933 | 52 | #951 | 0.05 |
| 1932 | 68 | #834 | 0.06 |
| 1931 | 70 | #815 | 0.07 |
| 1930 | 90 | #739 | 0.08 |
| 1929 | 107 | #681 | 0.10 |
| 1928 | 116 | #652 | 0.10 |
| 1927 | 114 | #678 | 0.10 |
| 1926 | 174 | #530 | 0.15 |
| 1925 | 146 | #600 | 0.12 |
| 1924 | 184 | #530 | 0.15 |
| 1923 | 207 | #480 | 0.17 |
| 1922 | 171 | #542 | 0.14 |
| 1921 | 182 | #525 | 0.15 |
| 1920 | 176 | #534 | 0.15 |
| 1919 | 171 | #520 | 0.15 |
| 1918 | 160 | #562 | 0.14 |
| 1917 | 141 | #570 | 0.13 |
| 1916 | 155 | #531 | 0.15 |
| 1915 | 146 | #519 | 0.15 |
| 1914 | 130 | #487 | 0.17 |
| 1913 | 105 | #498 | 0.17 |
| 1912 | 82 | #539 | 0.15 |
| 1911 | 71 | #490 | 0.17 |
| 1910 | 70 | #487 | 0.18 |
| 1909 | 49 | #549 | 0.14 |
| 1908 | 57 | #477 | 0.17 |
| 1907 | 70 | #427 | 0.22 |
| 1906 | 43 | #530 | 0.15 |
| 1905 | 46 | #500 | 0.16 |
| 1904 | 47 | #480 | 0.17 |
| 1903 | 41 | #498 | 0.16 |
| 1902 | 30 | #604 | 0.11 |
| 1901 | 25 | #635 | 0.10 |
| 1900 | 25 | #734 | 0.08 |
| 1899 | 29 | #571 | 0.12 |
| 1898 | 14 | #936 | 0.05 |
| 1897 | 13 | #908 | 0.06 |
| 1896 | 14 | #881 | 0.06 |
| 1895 | 14 | #874 | 0.06 |
| 1894 | 14 | #820 | 0.06 |
| 1892 | 12 | #871 | 0.06 |
| 1891 | 9 | #962 | 0.05 |
| 1890 | 8 | #1,034 | 0.04 |
| 1889 | 8 | #978 | 0.04 |
| 1888 | 10 | #856 | 0.06 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,170 | 0.03 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,097 | 0.04 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Filomena a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Filomena has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 136 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Filomena: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Filomena, and how old are they?
1,550 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 28% of the 5,550 Americans ever recorded as Filomena. The median Filomena alive today is 54 years old; half are between 18 and 68.
The 2020 Census counted 5,479 people named Filomena (5,472 women and girls, 7 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,661 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3.3 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 181 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 359 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 380 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 137 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 133 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 342 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Filomena born?
The states with the most babies named Filomena are New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, with 81% of its births recorded by state since 1910; New Jersey is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 1,936 | #2,204 | 4.4× |
| New Jersey | 527 | not ranked | 3.5× |
| Pennsylvania | 258 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Rhode Island | 202 | not ranked | 6.9× |
| Massachusetts | 182 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Connecticut | 153 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| Texas | 61 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Ohio | 23 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Illinois | 11 | not ranked | 0.0× |
| Hawaii | 6 | not ranked | 0.3× |
Where Filomena is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Filomena is most over-represented in Rhode Island: since 1910 it was given 6.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Filomena with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 15,501 babies since 1880, Filomena is the second most given (36% of them). In 2025 it was given to 31 of their 132 babies (23%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Filomena
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Filomena and names like it
- Compare Filomena and PhilomenaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sFilomena peaked in 1923.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Filomena since 1910.
- The top names of 1923The year the most babies were named Filomena.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Filomena alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with FMost given first.