Philomene — girls' name

What the Data Says About Philomene

The Social Security Administration has registered 544 babies named Philomene between 1882 and 1960, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Philomene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1960. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Philomene performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 145 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Philomene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Wisconsin. In total, SSA state-level files list Philomene in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Philomene in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 544 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.