Romney
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ROM-nee
- Origin
- English
Romney is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “wide river”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Romney mean?
English: English place name, from Old English rum 'spacious' + ea 'river'
“wide river”
Romney Marsh is an area of low-lying farmland on the Kent and Sussex coast.
Is Romney a girl's or a boy's name?
Romney is a boys' name.
How popular is Romney in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1921.
Half of all the boys named Romney in the US since 1880 were born between 1965 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Romney in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,280 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 10 | #2,672 |
| 1962 | 14 | #2,185 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
Names like Romney
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Romney
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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, “Romney: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/romney, updated 20 October 2026.