Unisex name · since 1959
Romy
3,298 babies named Romy in U.S. Social Security records since 1959, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,395 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #696 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,298
- born since 1959
- 2020s
- peak decade
3,298 babies have been named Romy since 1959, making it today's #696 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Romy has been recorded 3,298 times among girls since 1959, currently ranked #696 nationally and more common than 96% 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 1959 to 2025.
- #3,395 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #696 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,298 born since 1959
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Romy ranks #3,395 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #696 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,298 born since 1959, peaking in the 2020s.
- #3,395 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #696 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,298
- born since 1959
- 2020s
- peak decade
Romy's 3,298 recorded births place it above 95.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
28 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Romy compares
3,298 Top 17% higher than 83% 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
Romy's all-time total is 9x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Romy | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,298 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 407 | 21 | 19,840 |
Romy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Romy splits its recorded history at 1994: 80% of all births land in the more recent half, 20% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1959 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 407 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Romy popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 407
- Annual births at peak, across 67 years of records
Romy popularity over time - boys
235 total births recorded since 1932 (Romy as boys' name)
Romy by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,335 births, 40% of the file).
2020s was Romy's strongest decade.
1,335 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Romy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 316
1960s
316 births
- 1970s 188
1970s
188 births
- 1980s 90
1980s
90 births
- 1990s 175
1990s
175 births
- 2000s 420
2000s
420 births
- 2010s
2010s
769 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,335 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,335 births (40% of all-time use).
How Romy 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 Romy's total volume
Romy by state
Where Romy concentrates geographically, total births since 1959
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 712 | 21.6% |
| #2 | New York | | 358 | 10.9% |
| #3 | Texas | | 133 | 4.0% |
| #4 | Florida | | 98 | 3.0% |
| #5 | Washington | | 68 | 2.1% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 54 | 1.6% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 52 | 1.6% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 41 | 1.2% |
712 of 3,298 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 28 reporting states.
Romy appears in 28 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Romys (712 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Romy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~66 yrs)
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, 1959–2025 (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 Romy 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.