Romelia vs Romona
American parents have registered 5,175 Romonas since 1880, against 1,623 Romelias. But in 2025 it was Romelia that was commoner, 6 babies to 5.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Romelia Romona
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 115 years in which either name was published, Romona for 85 years and Romelia for 30 years. The lead changed hands 13 times.
- 1913–1992 Romona ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1993–2007 Romelia ahead, apart from one short spell
- 2011–2013 Romona ahead
- 2014–2025 Romelia ahead
8 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Romelia | Romona | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 1,623 | 5,175 |
| Most in one year | 34 | 148 |
| Babies in 2025 | 6 | 5 |
| Estimated living today | 1,100 | 3,400 |
| Median age today | 53 | 63 |
| Peak year | 1954 | 1955 |
| Best rank | 1,769th girls | 788th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 13,208th | 14,942nd |
| First recorded | 1912 | 1908 |
| Girls / boys | 1,623 / 0 | 5,175 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Romonas alive today are over 63; half the Romelias are over 53. That is 10 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Related comparisons
Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Romelia and Romona.