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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Romelia

Romelia was the 14579th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1941, when it ranked 1470th; the most babies were born in 1954 (34). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,464 places. More babies were named Romelia in the 1950s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#14,579 girls, down 3,655 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
6girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
195434 babies
Total since 1880
1,623babies recorded

Romelia popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#14,5796
2020#10,9249
2010#13,2178
2000——
1990#12,5496
1980#3,69422
1970#3,18121
1960#2,08331
1950#1,95125
1940#1,58225
1930#2,39914
1920#2,86612
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Romelia, counting every spelling?

Romelia has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Romelia?

6 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Romelia (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Romelia born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,368 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Romelia.

Chance of another Romelia in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Romelia?

About 1,100 people born in the US named Romelia are alive today, with a median age of 54; half are between 32 and 70. That makes Romelia mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Romelia by state

How common Romelia was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesCA0.01Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Romelia, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Romelia: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Romelia, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Romelia

How popular is the name Romelia?

Romelia was the 14579th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1941, when it ranked 1470th; the most babies were born in 1954 (34). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,464 places. More babies were named Romelia in the 1950s than in any other decade.

Is Romelia a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Romelia in the US.

Where is Romelia most popular?

In 2021–2025, Romelia was most common in California (0.01 per 1,000 girls).