Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Philomena

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Philomena
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1922

Peak rank proxy

308

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19222024

Peak year

1922

Decline from peak

64.3%

2024

110

All-time

9,847

Philomena has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1922, when 308 girls were named Philomena.

In 2024, only 110 girls were given the name.

Down 64.3% from its peak.

All told, about 9,847 Americans have been named Philomena and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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