How rare is the name Romelia?

3,591 people in the United States have the first name Romelia, about 1 in 84,108. It ranks #4,948 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ROMELIA

#4,948

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,591
About
1 in 84,108
This common or more
84.7%
Who bears it

Of the 3,591 people named Romelia, 93.4% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 2.4% as Black and 1.8% as White. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Romelia peaked in 1954, when 34 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19122025
Peak year
1954
Births that year
34
In 2025*
6 ▼82%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,623 babies have been given the name since 1912. 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.

Romelia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #3,340. The largest share of babies named Romelia, 26.4%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1910s#6,01747
1920s#4,335141
1930s#3,429171
1940s#3,340205
1950s#3,567243
1960s#4,470192
1970s#5,857174
1980s#8,429131
1990s#13,81890
2000s#22,48456
2010s#18,27987
2020s#12,86386
Greatest Generation 1901–2710%
Silent Generation 1928–4520%
Baby boom 1946–6426.4%
Generation X 1965–8017.3%
Millennials 1981–9610.6%
Generation Z 1997–126%
2013 and later9.8%

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.

Exactly as common as Romelia

1 other first name also has 3,591 people.

#4,948 Sabino · 3,591

Either side of Romelia

#4,946 Giulia · 3,593#4,947 Karoline · 3,592#4,948 Sabino · 3,591#4,950 Maryrose · 3,590

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Romelia, most common first.

#5,078 Romel · 3,466#9,514 Romello · 1,455#11,324 Romell · 1,139#16,440 Romelo · 686#21,612 Romelle · 468#30,089 Romelio · 291#43,210 Ronella · 164#45,674 Romula · 148

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