Philomena Girl
How popular is Philomena?
#1,911 girl name in 2025
101 baby girls were named Philomena in the US in 2025, making it the 1911th most popular girl name.
Philomena popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,911 for girls (▼ 101 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 101 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+29% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,351 in 2015, #2,115 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1922 (308 girls) |
| Highest rank | #355 in 1915 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Philomena counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Philomena family of names ranked #1,319 for girls in 2025 (#1,258 the year before), with 132 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Philomena | 101 | 77% |
| Filomena | 31 | 23% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Philomena is most popular
Babies named Philomena per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Kansas: 0.2 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (23 girls)
- Minnesota: 0.1 per 1,000 (8 girls)
- Michigan: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 girls)
Philomena by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 140 | #499 |
| 1890s | 296 | #424 |
| 1900s | 613 | #368 |
| 1910s | 2,071 | #355 |
| 1920s | 2,711 | #371 |
| 1930s | 1,070 | #500 |
| 1940s | 547 | #865 |
| 1950s | 534 | #1,199 |
| 1960s | 239 | #1,724 |
| 1970s | 115 | #3,208 |
| 1980s | 72 | #5,456 |
| 1990s | 122 | #4,951 |
| 2000s | 218 | #4,474 |
| 2010s | 665 | #2,056 |
| 2020s | 538 | #1,810 |
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Questions
- Is Philomena a boy or girl name?
- Philomena is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Philomena were girls.
- How popular is the name Philomena?
- 101 baby girls were named Philomena in the US in 2025, making it the 1911th most popular girl name.
- When was Philomena most popular?
- Philomena peaked in 1922, when 308 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #355 in 1915.
- How many people are named Philomena?
- 9,951 babies have been named Philomena in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,090 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 38.
- Where is Philomena most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Philomena was most common in Kansas, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.