Romie — #12340 US boys' name
1,730 babies named Romie in U.S. Social Security records since 1889, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 13% of names given to boys today.
19% of everyone ever named Romie was born in this single decade.
44 babies were named Romie in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Romie
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,730 babies named Romie between 1889 and 2024, spanning 136 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Romie currently holds the #12340 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 44 babies received it in a single year. Romie is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 621 additional births since 1894.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Romie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 321 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Romie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 130 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by West Virginia and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Romie in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Romie 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 1,730 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.
Romie at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Romie popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1889
- Peak year (1920)
- 44
- Annual births at peak — across 136 years of records
Currently ranks #12340 among boys.
1,730 total births across 136 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 44 births in a single year.
Romie popularity over time — girls
621 total births recorded since 1894 (Romie as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Romie accounts for 26% of total recorded use across both genders.
Romie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 321 births that decade — 19% of Romie's all-time total
Romie decade highlights
- Peak decade 321 births
- Runner-up 241 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Romie's strongest decade
321 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 19% of all-time use.
Romie by state
Where Romie concentrates geographically — total births since 1889
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 130 | 7.5% |
| #2 | West Virginia | | 96 | 5.5% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 29 | 1.7% |
| #4 | Mississippi | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #5 | South Carolina | | 5 | 0.3% |
130 of 1,730 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 7.5% of nationwide
- West Virginia 5.5% of nationwide
- Georgia 1.7% of nationwide
- Mississippi 0.3% of nationwide
- South Carolina 0.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 7.5% 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, 1889–2024 (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.