NameTides

Romy

Romy was the #694 girls' name in the US in 2025 (407 babies), and #172 in England & Wales and #64 in Canada.

Romy as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Romy as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandCanadaEngland & WalesIrelandNorthern IrelandUS
Romy as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#694 (407)#172 (282)#81 (52)#397 (3)#247 (17)#64 (360)
2024#926 (286)#187 (263)#63 (67)#212 (8)#213 (20)#76 (318)
2023#1,277 (179)#273 (163)#152 (28)#264 (6)#339 (11)#70 (346)
2022#1,355 (172)#391 (110)#248 (15)—#389 (10)#68 (358)
2021#1,441 (149)#378 (121)#245 (16)—#390 (10)#64 (397)
2020#1,503 (142)#452 (91)#229 (16)—#444 (8)#68 (367)
2019#1,708 (122)#510 (80)#343 (10)#424 (3)—#82 (311)
2018#1,915 (104)#614 (67)#348 (10)—#436 (9)#79 (323)
2017#2,200 (86)#701 (58)#501 (6)—#651 (5)#85 (324)
2016#2,206 (87)#790 (49)#383 (9)—#661 (5)#79 (351)
2015#2,382 (77)#760 (51)#653 (4)#426 (3)—#88 (320)
2014#2,781 (62)#920 (40)#537 (6)—#584 (6)#165 (200)
2013#3,123 (52)#1,075 (33)#564 (5)—#587 (6)#218 (156)
2012#2,654 (67)#902 (41)#525 (6)—#510 (8)#247 (137)
2011#2,838 (61)#830 (44)#579 (5)—#465 (9)#415 (77)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #694.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1959.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 900common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 340common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 420common

Next year

On its recent trend, Romy is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,600 to 1 in 4,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Romy by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #511WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #731MNIllinois: #852ILMichigan: #638MINew York: #328NYMassachusetts: #263MAOregon: #483ORNevada: #508NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #801OHPennsylvania: #871PANew Jersey: #667NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #436CAUtah: #440UTColorado: #456CONebraska: #296NEMissouri: #728MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,180VAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #546AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #497KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,281NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #546OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #984GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,062TXFlorida: #959FL
Romy (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#10298
Ontario2024#74216

Romy (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RomyCanadaGirls#64360
RomyCanadaBoys#2,7896
RomyEngland & WalesGirls#172282
RomyEngland & WalesBoys#1,15325
RomyIrelandGirls#24717
RomyNorthern IrelandGirls#3973
RomyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
RomyScotlandGirls#8152
RomyScotlandBoys#7623
RomyUSGirls#694407
RomyUSBoys#7,19411