Unisex name · since 1910
Romey
Romey has 327 recorded births since 1910 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1918 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,132 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,069 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 327
- born since 1910
- 1920s
- peak decade
Romey currently ranks #12069 among unisex names in America, with 327 babies recorded since 1910.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Romey has been recorded 327 times among boys since 1910, currently ranked #12069 nationally and more common than 13% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1910 to 2025.
- #10,132 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,069 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 327 born since 1910
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Romey ranks #10,132 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,069 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 327 born since 1910, peaking in the 1920s.
- #10,132 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,069 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 327
- born since 1910
- 1920s
- peak decade
Romey's 327 recorded births place it above 77.71% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Romey compares
327 47th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Romey's all-time total is 11% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Romey | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 327 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Romey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Romey's SSA record in two at 1943 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1910, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1918 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Romey popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1910–2025
- Peak year (1918)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 116 years of records
Romey popularity over time - girls
231 total births recorded since 2000 (Romey as girls' name)
Romey by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (72 births, 22% of the file).
1920s was Romey's strongest decade.
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Romey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
55 births
- 1920s
1920s
72 births
- 1930s
1930s
37 births
- 1940s
1940s
41 births
- 1950s
1950s
33 births
- 1960s 21
1960s
21 births
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 22
2010s
22 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 72 births (22% of all-time use).
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What to do with Romey's data
- Romey's decade-level peak was the 1920s (72 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Romey: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~115 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, 1910–2025 (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 Romey 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.