Filomena
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- fil-o-MEE-na
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #4,459 for girls
Filomena is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “loving strength”. In 2025 it ranked 4,459th for girls in the US (31 babies).
What does Filomena mean?
Greek: spelling of Philomena; from phileo, to love, and menos, strength
“loving strength”
Devotion to Saint Philomena grew after bones believed to be hers were found in a Roman catacomb in 1802.
Meaning borrowed from Philomena. More on Wiktionary.
Is Filomena a girl's or a boy's name?
Filomena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Filomena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,459among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 52,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 31 girls in the US were named Filomena, making it the 4,459th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,878th. Its busiest year was 1923, with 207 girls. It first appears in the records in 1885.
Half of all the girls named Filomena in the US since 1880 were born between 1917 and 1950, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 132 girls in the US were given Filomena or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,393, up from #4,459 for this spelling alone.
- Philomena 101
- Filomena 31
Filomena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #4,459 |
| 2024 | 30 | #4,558 |
| 2023 | 37 | #3,982 |
| 2022 | 34 | #4,200 |
| 2021 | 29 | #4,603 |
| 2020 | 26 | #4,878 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,908 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,920 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,075 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,745 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 17 | #4,079 |
| 1977 | 27 | #2,908 |
| 1976 | 23 | #3,094 |
| 1975 | 24 | #2,969 |
| 1974 | 24 | #2,922 |
| 1973 | 27 | #2,629 |
| 1972 | 24 | #2,820 |
| 1971 | 31 | #2,427 |
| 1970 | 30 | #2,450 |
| 1969 | 36 | #2,102 |
| 1968 | 31 | #2,164 |
| 1967 | 34 | #2,012 |
| 1966 | 27 | #2,307 |
| 1965 | 30 | #2,154 |
| 1964 | 33 | #2,070 |
| 1963 | 34 | #2,014 |
| 1962 | 28 | #2,263 |
| 1961 | 24 | #2,473 |
| 1960 | 28 | #2,195 |
| 1959 | 35 | #1,880 |
| 1958 | 20 | #2,580 |
| 1957 | 17 | #2,822 |
| 1956 | 25 | #2,193 |
| 1955 | 26 | #2,107 |
| 1954 | 18 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 19 | #2,430 |
| 1952 | 16 | #2,670 |
| 1951 | 29 | #1,804 |
| 1950 | 19 | #2,252 |
| 1949 | 27 | #1,844 |
| 1948 | 23 | #2,007 |
| 1947 | 17 | #2,447 |
| 1946 | 19 | #2,152 |
| 1945 | 13 | #2,457 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,966 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,833 |
| 1942 | 28 | #1,558 |
| 1941 | 24 | #1,610 |
| 1940 | 30 | #1,374 |
| 1939 | 30 | #1,350 |
| 1938 | 39 | #1,159 |
| 1937 | 42 | #1,099 |
| 1936 | 41 | #1,096 |
| 1935 | 43 | #1,055 |
| 1934 | 56 | #917 |
| 1933 | 52 | #947 |
| 1932 | 68 | #830 |
| 1931 | 70 | #812 |
| 1930 | 90 | #738 |
| 1929 | 107 | #678 |
| 1928 | 116 | #650 |
| 1927 | 114 | #678 |
| 1926 | 174 | #530 |
| 1925 | 146 | #599 |
| 1924 | 184 | #530 |
| 1923 | 207 | #480 |
| 1922 | 171 | #542 |
| 1921 | 182 | #525 |
| 1920 | 176 | #534 |
| 1919 | 171 | #520 |
| 1918 | 160 | #561 |
| 1917 | 141 | #568 |
| 1916 | 155 | #531 |
| 1915 | 146 | #518 |
| 1914 | 130 | #484 |
| 1913 | 105 | #497 |
| 1912 | 82 | #539 |
| 1911 | 71 | #489 |
| 1910 | 70 | #487 |
| 1909 | 49 | #541 |
| 1908 | 57 | #476 |
| 1907 | 70 | #427 |
| 1906 | 43 | #528 |
| 1905 | 46 | #497 |
| 1904 | 47 | #480 |
| 1903 | 41 | #496 |
| 1902 | 30 | #600 |
| 1901 | 25 | #630 |
| 1900 | 25 | #725 |
| 1899 | 29 | #565 |
| 1898 | 14 | #920 |
| 1897 | 13 | #895 |
| 1896 | 14 | #872 |
| 1895 | 14 | #858 |
| 1894 | 14 | #812 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 12 | #861 |
| 1891 | 9 | #943 |
| 1890 | 8 | #1,006 |
| 1889 | 8 | #950 |
| 1888 | 10 | #837 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,108 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,047 |
Nicknames for Filomena
Names like Filomena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Leona Theodora Flora Ophelia Lena Vera Cora Lola Odessa Luella Georgiana Lenora
Other spellings of Filomena
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Filomena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/filomena, updated 20 October 2026.