Romney

Boy · recorded 1921–2018

  • 2018last recorded
  • 2012best year

Most popular in 2012.

Last recorded in 2018. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Romney.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1921

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 36 recorded years as a table
Romney, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19215
19463
19546
19562
19582
19627
19635
19644
19653
19705
19734
19744
19793
19803
19813
19844
19853
19863
19873
19885
19904
19964
19973
19984
20035
20064
20073
20084
20093
20105
20113
20128
20133
20154
20174
20183

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Romney isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2018
5
Rank in 2018
#12,156
How rare
1 in 363,231 boys
Since 1921
262

Romney was last recorded in 2018. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 2012, at 8 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Romney doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.