Rommie
Masculine
Rommie is a friendly pet form given as a boy's name in the first half of the twentieth century. It sounds like the start of Romney, the English marsh that gave its name to a hardy breed of sheep.
How old is the name Rommie?
Rommie first appears in US birth records in 1914 — 111 years ago. The typical Rommie alive today was born around 1949, making them about 76 years old. About 300 people named Rommie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Rommie most popular?
Rommie peaked in 1944, reaching #1630 nationally. See the whole 1944 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Rommie
Romney Marsh, on the Kent coast, is flat, windy grazing land reclaimed from the sea, and the sheep bred there, tough enough to stand wet feet and salt wind, became the Romney breed, carried to New Zealand and the Americas. Rommie was not named for the marsh; it came, most likely, from a longer name shortened with affection. But it shares its sound with a hardy, weather-beaten place.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Rommie may be a pet form of Roman, Romeo or Jerome, and nothing records which.
Pronouncing Rommie
ROM-ee
Two syllables with the stress on the first.
Nicknames for Rommie
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1914
- Most boys named
- 194418 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1630reached in 1944
- Change vs 1994
- −22.2%7 in 1999, from 9
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Rommies among us
people named Rommie are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Rommie sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Friendly and easy to say.
- Almost certain to be the only one.
- Easy to spell.
- People will assume it is a nickname and ask for the full name.
- It reads as an older name.
- It has no documented meaning of its own.
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Frequently asked
- How many Rommies are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Rommie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Rommie in 2025?
- Rommie is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Rommie with classmates?
- Rommie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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