Romell — #5694 US boys' name
1,461 babies named Romell in U.S. Social Security records since 1944, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 60% of names given to boys today.
20% of everyone ever named Romell was born in this single decade.
39 babies were named Romell in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Romell
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,461 babies named Romell between 1944 and 2024, spanning 81 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Romell currently holds the #5694 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 39 babies received it in a single year. Romell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 98 additional births since 1920.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Romell performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 298 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Romell shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 138 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Romell in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Romell 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 1,461 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.
Romell at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Romell popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1944
- Peak year (2014)
- 39
- Annual births at peak — across 81 years of records
Currently ranks #5694 among boys.
1,461 total births across 81 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 39 births in a single year.
Romell popularity over time — girls
98 total births recorded since 1920 (Romell as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Romell accounts for 6% of total recorded use across both genders.
Romell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 298 births that decade — 20% of Romell's all-time total
Romell decade highlights
- Peak decade 298 births
- Runner-up 281 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Romell's strongest decade
298 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% of all-time use.
Romell by state
Where Romell concentrates geographically — total births since 1944
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 138 | 9.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 25 | 1.7% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 21 | 1.4% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 5 | 0.3% |
138 of 1,461 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 9.4% of nationwide
- New York 1.7% of nationwide
- Ohio 1.4% of nationwide
- Michigan 0.4% of nationwide
- Louisiana 0.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 9.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1944–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.