Romi

What Romi means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Romi yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1961, with 5 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Romi?

US: Rising: up from #4488 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #3252 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 333 girls got the name (#817 that year). First in the US records in 1961.

How common

• About 1 in 4,827 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,508 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 447 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NV (0.76 per 1,000 girls), LA (0.67 per 1,000 girls), NY (0.52 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Romi is #817 in the US and #403 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 93.0% of US babies named Romi were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Remi2,023 US · 282 E&W
• Romy407 US · 282 E&W
• Remy390 US · 49 E&W
• Rumi175 US · 33 E&W
• Roma143 US · 49 E&W
• Romee98 US · 38 E&W
• Rima36 US · 6 E&W
• Remmi28 US · 3 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Romy

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Romi

Girls

• Lilith#277Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #586 in 2015, #277 in 2025
• Keziah#766Variant of Kezia, meaning “cassia tree”^*
• Selah#216“to hang”^*
• Azaria#638Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1988, with 6 babies
• Ezra#833Editor’s note Up from #1,199 in 2015 to #833 in 2025 in the US
• Eliana#10Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #10 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel

For a brother

• Zion#142Editor’s note Up from #227 in 2015 to #142 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 680 US boys in the 2025 records
• Joan#984“God is gracious”^*
• Hezekiah#485“Yahu is My Strength”^*
• Simon#230“sixpence coin”^*
• Isaias#426Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #426 vs #3,256 in 2025
• Moses#515Editor’s note Down from #468 in 2015 to #515 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Hebrew, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Romi’s. Rank is US 2025.