Romola — girls' name
56 babies named Romola in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1927. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
61% of everyone ever named Romola was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Romola in 1927 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Romola
The Social Security Administration has registered 56 babies named Romola between 1916 and 1940, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Romola currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1940. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Romola performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 34 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Romola shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Romola 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 56 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.
Romola at a glance
Last recorded 1940Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Romola popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1940–1916
- Peak year (1927)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1940.
56 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1927 with 10 births in a single year.
Romola by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 34 births that decade — 61% of Romola's all-time total
Romola decade highlights
- Peak decade 34 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Romola's strongest decade
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
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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, 1916–1940 (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.