Romelia
Romelia is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 22 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 220.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 195434 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1912
- 1,617people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,617 girls have been named Romelia in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1954, with 34 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1960, and the 1950s alone account for 15%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Romelia | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 47 | |
| 1920s | 141 | |
| 1930s | 171 | |
| 1940s | 205 | |
| 1950s | 243 | |
| 1960s | 192 | |
| 1970s | 174 | |
| 1980s | 131 | |
| 1990s | 90 | |
| 2000s | 56 | |
| 2010s | 87 | |
| 2020s | 80 |
In 1954, its biggest year
Romelia was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1954 were Mary, Linda, Deborah, Patricia and Susan. See all of 1954.
Names that rose and fell with Romelia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rosalynpeak 1955
- Joypeak 1957
- Maritapeak 1954
- Twylapeak 1964
- Ofeliapeak 1929
- Rositapeak 1966
- Enedinapeak 1927
- Lareepeak 1958
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.