Romy

What Romy means

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

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #2,382 in 2015, #694 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Romy?

US: Rising: up from #2382 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #760 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 407 girls got the name (#694 that year). First in the US records in 1959.

How common

• About 1 in 3,949 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 898 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 344 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 NE (0.99 per 1,000 girls), MA (0.92 per 1,000 girls), NY (0.65 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Romy is #694 in the US and #172 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 97.4% of US babies named Romy 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
• Remy390 US · 49 E&W
• Romi333 US · 101 E&W
• Rumi175 US · 33 E&W
• Roma143 US · 49 E&W
• Romee98 US · 38 E&W
• Rima36 US · 6 E&W
• Romey13 US · 13 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.

If you like Romy

Girls

• Sylvie#282Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,175 in 2015, #282 in 2025
• Amira#132“princess”^*
• Maeve#76“intoxicating”^*
• Josephine#53Feminine form of Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*
• Kaylani#185Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,054 in 2015, #185 in 2025
• Georgia#99“farmer”^*

For a brother

• Jaziel#198Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #934 in 2015, #198 in 2025
• Callum#118Variant of Calum, meaning “dove”^*
• Emilio#154Spanish and Italian, meaning “rival”^*
• Cyrus#268Editor’s note Up from #469 in 2015 to #268 in 2025 in the US
• Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”^*
• Luka#85Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #85 vs #261 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Romy’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.