Girls' name · since 1955
Romella
10 babies named Romella in U.S. Social Security records since 1955, with the highest year being 1955. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #56,378 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1955
- 1950s
- peak decade
10 girls have been named Romella since 1955, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Romella has 10 recorded births among girls since 1955, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1955 to 1971.
- #56,378 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 10 born since 1955
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Romella ranks #56,378 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 10 born since 1955, peaking in the 1950s.
- #56,378 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1955
- 1950s
- peak decade
Romella's 10 recorded births place it above 21.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Romella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Romella's SSA record in two at 1971 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1955, with only 5 births recorded.
Romella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1955–1971
- Peak year (1955)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Romella by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (5 births, 50% of the file).
1950s was Romella's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Romella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 5 births (50% of all-time use).
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What to do with Romella's data
- Romella's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (5 total births) through the 1970s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Romella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1955)
Similar record span (~16 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1955–1971 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Romella draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.