Romilda — girls' name
358 babies named Romilda in U.S. Social Security records since 1901, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Romilda was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Romilda in 1917 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Romilda
The Social Security Administration has registered 358 babies named Romilda between 1901 and 1954, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Romilda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1954. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Romilda performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 136 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Romilda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 8 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Romilda in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Romilda 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 358 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.
Romilda at a glance
Last recorded 1954Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Romilda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–1901
- Peak year (1917)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 54 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1954.
358 total births across 54 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1917 with 20 births in a single year.
Romilda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 136 births that decade — 38% of Romilda's all-time total
Romilda decade highlights
- Peak decade 136 births
- Runner-up 102 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Romilda's strongest decade
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Romilda by state
Where Romilda concentrates geographically — total births since 1901
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 8 | 2.2% |
8 of 358 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 2.2% 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, 1901–1954 (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.