Romell*
#3,617 most common boys' name of all time · #8,823 across all names · 94% male / 6% female · used 1920–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#3,617
Rank overall
#8,823 of 105,966
First appeared
1920
Years on the list
83 of 146
All-time
1,582
Since 2016
228
Peak year
2014 #2,942
Best rank
#1,736 1979
Girls
Boys
peak 39/yr
Romell first appears in 1920. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,422 |
| 2024 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,704 |
| 2023 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,764 |
| 2022 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,334 |
| 2021 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,651 |
| 2020 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,564 |
| 2019 | — | 26 | 26 | #4,035 |
| 2018 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,381 |
| 2017 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,906 |
| 2016 | — | 26 | 26 | #4,013 |
| 2015 | — | 31 | 31 | #3,530 |
| 2014 | — | 39 | 39 | #2,942 |
| 2013 | — | 25 | 25 | #3,979 |
| 2012 | — | 37 | 37 | #3,073 |
| 2011 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,382 |
| 2010 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,398 |
| 2009 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,752 |
| 2008 | — | 34 | 34 | #3,299 |
| 2007 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,403 |
| 2006 | — | 36 | 36 | #3,039 |
| 2005 | — | 29 | 29 | #3,401 |
| 2004 | — | 25 | 25 | #3,658 |
| 2003 | — | 17 | 17 | #4,660 |
| 2002 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,282 |
| 2001 | — | 31 | 31 | #2,948 |
| 2000 | — | 32 | 32 | #2,824 |
| 1999 | — | 25 | 25 | #3,212 |
| 1998 | — | 29 | 29 | #2,800 |
| 1997 | — | 27 | 27 | #2,850 |
| 1996 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,441 |
| 1995 | — | 34 | 34 | #2,318 |
| 1994 | — | 28 | 28 | #2,641 |
| 1993 | — | 22 | 22 | #3,076 |
| 1992 | — | 19 | 19 | #3,381 |
| 1991 | — | 28 | 28 | #2,498 |
| 1990 | — | 27 | 27 | #2,517 |
| 1989 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,029 |
| 1988 | — | 16 | 16 | #3,257 |
| 1987 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,987 |
| 1986 | — | 24 | 24 | #2,321 |
| 1985 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,874 |
| 1984 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,740 |
| 1983 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,986 |
| 1982 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,549 |
| 1981 | — | 24 | 24 | #2,174 |
| 1980 | — | 21 | 21 | #2,404 |
| 1979 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,736 |
| 1978 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,816 |
| 1977 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,615 |
| 1976 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,972 |
| 1975 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,328 |
| 1974 | — | 21 | 21 | #2,093 |
| 1973 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,465 |
| 1972 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,197 |
| 1971 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,417 |
| 1970 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,464 |
| 1969 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,199 |
| 1966 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #3,421 |
| 1965 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,407 |
| 1963 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #4,355 |
| 1962 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1960 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,872 |
| 1958 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,810 |
| 1957 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,824 |
| 1956 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #3,426 |
| 1955 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,143 |
| 1954 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #3,703 |
| 1953 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 1951 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,614 |
| 1950 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,003 |
| 1949 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1948 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1947 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1944 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,382 |
| 1942 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1939 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1936 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1934 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1930 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1926 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1925 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1921 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1920 | 6 | — | 6 | — |