Romey
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- ROH-mee
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,033 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Romey is a name. In 2025 it ranked 1,033rd for boys in the UK (32 babies) and 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Romey mean?
Spelling of Romy, a pet form of Rosemarie, Romilly or Roman
Romy began as a German pet form of Rosemarie, as with the actress Romy Schneider, born Rosemarie Albach.
Is Romey a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Romey has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls and 32 boys in the UK and 13 girls and 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Romey in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,033rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 32 about 1 in 9,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 280% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 32 boys in the UK were named Romey, making it the 1,033rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 32 boys. 17 girls were also named Romey in 2025 (1,779th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Romey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 120 boys in the UK were given Romey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #391, up from #1,033 for this spelling alone.
In 2009, 71% of the babies named Romey in the UK were girls. By 2025 it was 35%, with more boys than girls since 2023.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,035th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Romey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #1,033 |
| 2024 | 32 | #1,025 |
| 2023 | 31 | #1,049 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 20 | #1,389 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
How popular is Romey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,883rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 77% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Romey, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000. 5 boys were also named Romey in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).
Half of all the girls named Romey in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 901 girls in the US were given Romey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #365, up from #7,883 for this spelling alone.
Romey in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,796 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
Names like Romey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Stanley, Henry, Rupert, Reuben, Arthur, Sidney, Harley, Otis, Louie, Harvey, Wilfred, Archie
Other spellings of Romey
Names related to Romey
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Romey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/romey, updated 20 October 2026.