# Romy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/romy/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,533 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 235 / 3,298 (93% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,150, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 61 | 2,862 |
| 2012 | 67 | 2,676 |
| 2013 | 52 | 3,160 |
| 2014 | 62 | 2,802 |
| 2015 | 77 | 2,402 |
| 2016 | 87 | 2,218 |
| 2017 | 86 | 2,217 |
| 2018 | 104 | 1,923 |
| 2019 | 122 | 1,714 |
| 2020 | 142 | 1,507 |
| 2021 | 149 | 1,449 |
| 2022 | 172 | 1,360 |
| 2023 | 179 | 1,286 |
| 2024 | 286 | 928 |
| 2025 | 407 | 698 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 7 | 9,033 |
| 2002 | 9 | 7,511 |
| 2003 | 8 | 8,469 |
| 2004 | 6 | 11,068 |
| 2008 | 11 | 7,604 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11,835 |
| 2015 | 5 | 13,648 |
| 2018 | 5 | 13,709 |
| 2019 | 5 | 13,745 |
| 2020 | 5 | 13,658 |
| 2021 | 6 | 11,858 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9,664 |
| 2023 | 8 | 9,574 |
| 2024 | 10 | 8,197 |
| 2025 | 11 | 7,571 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 44 | 830 |
| 2012 | 41 | 902 |
| 2013 | 33 | 1,075 |
| 2014 | 40 | 920 |
| 2015 | 51 | 760 |
| 2016 | 49 | 790 |
| 2017 | 58 | 701 |
| 2018 | 67 | 614 |
| 2019 | 80 | 510 |
| 2020 | 91 | 452 |
| 2021 | 121 | 378 |
| 2022 | 110 | 391 |
| 2023 | 163 | 273 |
| 2024 | 263 | 187 |
| 2025 | 282 | 172 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 3 | 3,467 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3,651 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,693 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,488 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,076 |
| 2021 | 11 | 1,984 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,165 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,701 |
| 2024 | 19 | 1,402 |
| 2025 | 25 | 1,153 |

## People named Romy

- Romy Müller, East German sprinter
- Romy Kermer, East German pair skater
- Romy Rosemont, actress
- Romy Haag, Dutch-German dancer, singer, actress and nightclub manager
- Romy Saalfeld, East German rower
- Romy Kasper, German cyclist
- Romy Tarangul, German judoka
- Romy Logsch, German bobsledder

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.