Romelia
Romelia was given to 6 girls in 2025, #14,575 among girls’ names; 1,623 Americans have been recorded with it since 1912 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,120 Americans named Romelia and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (69% of everyone recorded); the median is 54 years old and half are between 32 and 70.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Romelia by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Romelia?
#14,575 among girls’ names, 2025
Romelia rose from #16,038 in 2015 to #14,575 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 3.4 to 3.7 per million.
34 babies in 1954, the peak
Romelia peaked in 1954, when 34 girls were given it, #1,792 among girls’ names. The 6 births of 2025 are 18% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #14,575 | 3.7 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,756 | 13.6 |
| 2023 | 25 | #5,224 | 15.6 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,430 | 7.9 |
| 2021 | 11 | #9,424 | 6.7 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,919 | 5.6 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,648 | 10.7 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,516 | 7.6 |
| 2017 | 6 | #15,559 | 3.5 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,533 | 9.0 |
Every recorded year (108)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6 | #16,038 | 3.4 |
| 2014 | 9 | #11,750 | 5.0 |
| 2013 | 5 | #18,743 | 2.8 |
| 2012 | 6 | #16,449 | 3.4 |
| 2010 | 8 | #13,211 | 4.5 |
| 2007 | 8 | #13,665 | 4.2 |
| 2006 | 6 | #16,695 | 3.2 |
| 2005 | 7 | #14,182 | 3.8 |
| 2004 | 8 | #12,499 | 4.4 |
| 2003 | 8 | #12,152 | 4.4 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,949 | 4.5 |
| 2001 | 11 | #9,227 | 6.1 |
| 1999 | 9 | #10,144 | 5.1 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,907 | 4.5 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,867 | 5.7 |
| 1996 | 8 | #10,314 | 4.6 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,598 | 5.7 |
| 1994 | 11 | #8,014 | 6.2 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,926 | 6.1 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,916 | 6.0 |
| 1991 | 6 | #12,727 | 3.2 |
| 1990 | 6 | #12,543 | 3.2 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,219 | 9.2 |
| 1988 | 7 | #10,101 | 3.9 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,851 | 7.5 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,903 | 9.3 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,282 | 8.1 |
| 1984 | 5 | #11,720 | 3.0 |
| 1983 | 9 | #7,137 | 5.4 |
| 1982 | 11 | #6,257 | 6.5 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,488 | 10.2 |
| 1980 | 22 | #3,693 | 13.3 |
| 1979 | 21 | #3,747 | 13.1 |
| 1978 | 18 | #4,036 | 11.8 |
| 1977 | 17 | #4,194 | 11.1 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,537 | 9.6 |
| 1975 | 18 | #3,734 | 12.3 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,261 | 7.5 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,915 | 11.0 |
| 1972 | 19 | #3,372 | 12.5 |
| 1971 | 19 | #3,471 | 11.4 |
| 1970 | 21 | #3,181 | 12.0 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,428 | 10.1 |
| 1968 | 21 | #2,851 | 12.8 |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,796 | 7.9 |
| 1966 | 14 | #3,507 | 8.3 |
| 1965 | 19 | #2,904 | 10.8 |
| 1964 | 17 | #3,207 | 9.0 |
| 1963 | 22 | #2,680 | 11.4 |
| 1962 | 17 | #3,135 | 8.6 |
| 1961 | 21 | #2,729 | 10.4 |
| 1960 | 31 | #2,082 | 15.3 |
| 1959 | 25 | #2,326 | 12.4 |
| 1958 | 21 | #2,561 | 10.4 |
| 1957 | 27 | #2,153 | 13.2 |
| 1956 | 27 | #2,139 | 13.4 |
| 1955 | 21 | #2,457 | 10.7 |
| 1954 | 34 | #1,792 | 17.5 |
| 1953 | 17 | #2,679 | 9.0 |
| 1952 | 22 | #2,251 | 11.9 |
| 1951 | 24 | #2,054 | 13.3 |
| 1950 | 25 | #1,950 | 14.6 |
| 1949 | 25 | #1,956 | 14.6 |
| 1948 | 12 | #3,106 | 7.1 |
| 1947 | 17 | #2,518 | 9.6 |
| 1946 | 23 | #1,957 | 14.6 |
| 1945 | 20 | #1,931 | 15.3 |
| 1944 | 21 | #1,903 | 15.8 |
| 1943 | 17 | #2,232 | 12.2 |
| 1942 | 16 | #2,295 | 11.8 |
| 1941 | 29 | #1,470 | 24.0 |
| 1940 | 25 | #1,582 | 21.9 |
| 1939 | 14 | #2,288 | 12.8 |
| 1938 | 24 | #1,589 | 21.7 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,427 | 12.2 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,936 | 16.3 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,831 | 18.1 |
| 1934 | 15 | #2,158 | 14.4 |
| 1933 | 20 | #1,763 | 19.8 |
| 1932 | 21 | #1,740 | 19.7 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,287 | 13.1 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,398 | 12.4 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,707 | 10.7 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,481 | 12.1 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,670 | 10.9 |
| 1926 | 11 | #3,013 | 9.3 |
| 1925 | 20 | #2,000 | 16.4 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,913 | 17.6 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,574 | 11.6 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,607 | 7.5 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,612 | 11.4 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,866 | 10.0 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,970 | 9.7 |
| 1918 | 7 | #4,212 | 6.0 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,649 | 7.4 |
| 1916 | 6 | #4,315 | 5.7 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,838 | 5.1 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,957 | 17.9 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Romelia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Romelia has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 108 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Romelia: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Romelia, and how old are they?
1,120 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 69% of the 1,623 Americans ever recorded as Romelia. The median Romelia alive today is 54 years old; half are between 32 and 70.
The 2020 Census counted 3,591 people named Romelia (3,583 women and girls, 8 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,138 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3.2 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 | 103 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 333 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 260 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 167 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 96 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 158 |
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 Romelia born?
The states with the most babies named Romelia are Texas, California and New Mexico, with 99% of its births recorded by state since 1910; New Mexico is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 526 | not ranked | 4.7× |
| California | 136 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| New Mexico | 16 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Arizona | 6 | not ranked | 0.3× |
Where Romelia is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Romelia is most over-represented in Texas: since 1912 it was given 4.7 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 Romelia 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 3 names spelled alike, given to 2,176 babies since 1880, Romelia is the most given (75% of them).
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 Romelia
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 Romelia and names like it
- Compare Romelia and RomelleBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sRomelia peaked in 1954.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Romelia since 1910.
- The top names of 1954The year the most babies were named Romelia.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Romelia alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with RMost given first.