Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Romel

#2,746 most common boys' name of all time · #6,621 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1953–2025

Rank among boys
#2,746
Rank overall
#6,621 of 105,966
First appeared
1953
Years on the list
72 of 146
All-time
2,486
Since 2016
394
Peak year
1991 #1,388
Best rank
#1,319 1978
Girls Boys peak 67/yr
1960198020002020

Romel first appears in 1953. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 39 39 #3,096
2024 35 35 #3,356
2023 43 43 #2,917
2022 43 43 #2,933
2021 42 42 #2,944
2020 28 28 #3,757
2019 32 32 #3,518
2018 43 43 #2,806
2017 41 41 #2,905
2016 48 48 #2,609
2015 46 46 #2,657
2014 47 47 #2,592
2013 55 55 #2,312
2012 52 52 #2,425
2011 53 53 #2,384
2010 67 67 #2,041
2009 65 65 #2,104
2008 53 53 #2,418
2007 51 51 #2,484
2006 55 55 #2,294
2005 48 48 #2,411
2004 47 47 #2,391
2003 29 29 #3,215
2002 67 67 #1,734
2001 62 62 #1,808
2000 45 45 #2,205
1999 48 48 #2,006
1998 57 57 #1,778
1997 51 51 #1,847
1996 54 54 #1,732
1995 39 39 #2,120
1994 58 58 #1,592
1993 44 44 #1,896
1992 40 40 #1,991
1991 67 67 #1,388
1990 40 40 #1,931
1989 32 32 #2,179
1988 36 36 #1,866
1987 37 37 #1,784
1986 35 35 #1,775
1985 41 41 #1,587
1984 35 35 #1,680
1983 23 23 #2,251
1982 43 43 #1,478
1981 47 47 #1,386
1980 40 40 #1,540
1979 30 30 #1,854
1978 48 48 #1,319
1977 19 19 #2,421
1976 23 23 #2,094
1975 24 24 #1,980
1974 22 22 #2,030
1973 16 16 #2,485
1972 15 15 #2,503
1971 23 23 #1,904
1970 16 16 #2,371
1969 15 15 #2,295
1968 6 6 #3,989
1967 14 14 #2,234
1966 7 7 #3,475
1965 10 10 #2,752
1964 5 5 #4,465
1963 8 8 #3,279
1962 13 13 #2,357
1961 5 5 #4,506
1960 5 5 #4,480
1959 6 6 #3,941
1958 19 19 #1,895
1957 7 7 #3,531
1956 10 10 #2,790
1955 10 10 #2,759
1953 7 7 #3,418