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Philomenia

Philomenia is a girl's name that peaked in 1921, when it was the 3,164th most popular in the United States. It has not appeared in the national data since 1927.

Popularity, 1880–2025

Births per year, 1880 to 2025 0 3 5 8 10 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

girls named Philomenia

By the numbers

Total US births
15
Estimated living today
0
Median age today
98
Peak year
1921
Best rank
3,164th
Rank in 2025
unranked
First recorded
1921

Where Philomenia is most common

Total births recorded in each state since 1910. Browse names by state.

Names of 1921

The most popular girls’ names the year Philomenia peaked:

All the names of 1921

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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.