Unisex name · since 1961
Romi
Romi has 1,810 recorded births since 1961 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,037 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #818 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,810
- born since 1961
- 2020s
- peak decade
Romi currently ranks #818 among unisex names in America, with 1,810 babies recorded since 1961.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Romi has been recorded 1,810 times among girls since 1961, currently ranked #818 nationally and more common than 95% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1961 to 2025.
- #5,037 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #818 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,810 born since 1961
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Romi ranks #5,037 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #818 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,810 born since 1961, peaking in the 2020s.
- #5,037 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #818 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,810
- born since 1961
- 2020s
- peak decade
Romi's 1,810 recorded births place it above 93.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
26 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Romi compares
1,810 Top 24% higher than 76% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Romi's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Romi | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,810 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 333 | 21 | 19,840 |
Romi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Romi's SSA record in two at 2002 and the more recent half accounts for 88% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 12%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1961, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 333, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Romi popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 333
- Annual births at peak, across 65 years of records
Romi popularity over time - boys
138 total births recorded since 1992 (Romi as boys' name)
Romi by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,043 births, 58% of the file).
2020s was Romi's strongest decade.
1,043 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Romi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 79
1960s
79 births
- 1970s 62
1970s
62 births
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 1990s 35
1990s
35 births
- 2000s 203
2000s
203 births
- 2010s 372
2010s
372 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,043 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,043 births (58% of all-time use).
How Romi compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Romi's total volume
Romi by state
Where Romi concentrates geographically, total births since 1961
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 334 | 18.5% |
| #2 | New York | | 158 | 8.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 90 | 5.0% |
| #4 | Texas | | 75 | 4.1% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 29 | 1.6% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 27 | 1.5% |
| #7 | Colorado | | 23 | 1.3% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 23 | 1.3% |
334 of 1,810 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 26 reporting states.
Romi appears in 26 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Romis (334 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1961–2025 (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 Romi 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.