How rare is the name Filomena?

5,479 people in the United States have the first name Filomena, about 1 in 55,125. It ranks #3,704 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

FILOMENA

#3,704

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,479
About
1 in 55,125
This common or more
82.9%
Who bears it

Of the 5,479 people named Filomena, 58.8% reported their origin as White, 26.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 11.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Filomena peaked in 1923, when 207 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18852025
Peak year
1923
Births that year
207
In 2025*
31 ▼85%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 5,550 babies have been given the name since 1885. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Filomena by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #825. The largest share of babies named Filomena, 53.9%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#2,08028
1890s#1,415127
1900s#825433
1910s#9541,231
1920s#1,0411,577
1930s#1,774531
1940s#3,189222
1950s#3,712224
1960s#3,456305
1970s#4,747240
1980s#9,319112
1990s#17,64558
2000s#17,73187
2010s#11,081188
2020s#7,716187
Before 19013.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–2753.9%
Silent Generation 1928–4516%
Baby boom 1946–648.2%
Generation X 1965–807.4%
Millennials 1981–962.5%
Generation Z 1997–122.4%
2013 and later6.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Filomena is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Filomena has been most common in Rhode Island (16×), New York (7.4×), and New Jersey (5.6×), and least common in Texas (0.23×).

3,364 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Filomena

1 other first name also has 5,479 people.

#3,704 Callan · 5,479

Either side of Filomena

#3,703 Kacy · 5,483#3,704 Callan · 5,479#3,706 Azalea · 5,474#3,707 Natali · 5,473

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Filomena, most common first.

#15,138 Filomeno · 765

Also a last name

As a last name, Filomena ranks #121,361 of 156,621, with 150 people. See Filomena as a last name

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