Recorded 1914–1999 Boys' name Peak 1947 599 births

Rommie — boys' name

599 babies named Rommie in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1947. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s211920s531930s1021940s1401950s1241960s691970s261980s351990s29
1940s
Peak decade

23% of everyone ever named Rommie was born in this single decade.

1947
Single peak year

19 babies were named Rommie in 1947 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Rommie

The Social Security Administration has registered 599 babies named Rommie between 1914 and 1999, spanning 86 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rommie currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rommie performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 140 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Rommie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 58 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rommie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rommie 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 599 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.

Rommie at a glance

Last recorded 1999

Total births

599

Since 1914

86 years of records

Peak year

1947

19 births that year

Strongest decade: 1940s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1999

Active since

1914

Recorded for 86 years

Last year on file: 1999

Rommie popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1914

Last recorded 1999
Peak year (1947)
19
Annual births at peak — across 86 years of records
05101520 199919801965195719491941193319241914 5

Rommie by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1940s
Peak decade
1940s
140 births that decade — 23% of Rommie's all-time total
1910s211920s531930s1021940s1401950s1241960s691970s261980s351990s29

Rommie by state

Where Rommie concentrates geographically — total births since 1914

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Rommie
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 North Carolina
58 9.7%
North Carolina share of Rommie's total US births 9.7%

58 of 599 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Rommie?
599 babies have been named Rommie since 1914. It was last recorded in 1999. The peak year was 1947 with 19 births.
When was Rommie most popular?
Rommie was most popular in the 1940s decade with 140 total births. The single peak year was 1947.
Where is Rommie most popular?
The top states for the name Rommie are North Carolina (58 births).
How long has the name Rommie been used?
Rommie has been recorded in Social Security data since 1914, spanning 86 years of data through 1999.
What names are similar to Rommie?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Roman, Romeo, Rome, Romel, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1914–1999 (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.