Philomena is an uncommon girls' name that peaked in 1922 and has grown less common since.
Philomena is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,920 for girl births in the United States (and #3,525 across all names), given to 101 babies. Philomena first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1922 (308 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 101 | 101 | #1,920 |
| 2024 | 111 | 111 | #1,819 |
| 2023 | 80 | 80 | #2,306 |
| 2022 | 83 | 83 | #2,272 |
| 2021 | 77 | 77 | #2,361 |
| 2020 | 86 | 86 | #2,131 |
| 2019 | 92 | 92 | #2,065 |
| 2018 | 87 | 87 | #2,176 |
| 2017 | 92 | 92 | #2,106 |
| 2016 | 93 | 93 | #2,112 |
| 2015 | 78 | 78 | #2,372 |
| 2014 | 67 | 67 | #2,639 |
| 2013 | 43 | 43 | #3,626 |
| 2012 | 41 | 41 | #3,838 |
| 2011 | 41 | 41 | #3,770 |
| 2010 | 31 | 31 | #4,708 |
| 2009 | 19 | 19 | #7,006 |
| 2008 | 24 | 24 | #5,909 |
| 2007 | 33 | 33 | #4,541 |
| 2006 | 25 | 25 | #5,508 |
| 2005 | 23 | 23 | #5,565 |
| 2004 | 27 | 27 | #4,914 |
| 2003 | 18 | 18 | #6,507 |
| 2002 | 17 | 17 | #6,621 |
| 2001 | 15 | 15 | #7,234 |
| 2000 | 17 | 17 | #6,410 |
| 1999 | 20 | 20 | #5,373 |
| 1998 | 21 | 21 | #5,084 |
| 1997 | 16 | — | #6,096 |
| 1996 | 15 | — | #6,299 |
| 1995 | 9 | — | #9,350 |
| 1994 | 8 | — | #10,270 |
| 1993 | 7 | — | #11,445 |
| 1992 | 9 | — | #9,293 |
| 1991 | 12 | — | #7,282 |
| 1990 | 5 | — | #14,593 |
| 1989 | 9 | — | #8,547 |
| 1988 | 9 | — | #8,191 |
| 1987 | 6 | — | #10,866 |
| 1986 | 7 | — | #9,286 |
| 1985 | 8 | — | #8,101 |
| 1983 | 12 | — | #5,720 |
| 1982 | 7 | — | #8,928 |
| 1981 | 7 | — | #8,773 |
| 1980 | 7 | — | #8,795 |
| 1979 | 8 | — | #7,829 |
| 1978 | 15 | — | #4,610 |
| 1977 | 9 | — | #6,719 |
| 1976 | 7 | — | #7,881 |
| 1975 | 12 | — | #5,074 |
| 1974 | 11 | — | #5,252 |
| 1973 | 9 | — | #5,922 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | #7,957 |
| 1971 | 18 | — | #3,614 |
| 1970 | 20 | — | #3,280 |
| 1969 | 22 | — | #2,892 |
| 1968 | 14 | — | #3,727 |
| 1967 | 18 | — | #3,039 |
| 1966 | 23 | — | #2,554 |
| 1965 | 24 | — | #2,520 |
| 1964 | 18 | — | #3,075 |
| 1963 | 21 | — | #2,758 |
| 1962 | 31 | — | #2,145 |
| 1961 | 25 | — | #2,457 |
| 1960 | 43 | — | #1,743 |
| 1959 | 46 | — | #1,609 |
| 1958 | 44 | — | #1,621 |
| 1957 | 39 | — | #1,741 |
| 1956 | 62 | — | #1,325 |
| 1955 | 52 | — | #1,397 |
| 1954 | 56 | — | #1,341 |
| 1953 | 64 | — | #1,210 |
| 1952 | 59 | — | #1,247 |
| 1951 | 53 | — | #1,289 |
| 1950 | 59 | — | #1,209 |
| 1949 | 49 | — | #1,317 |
| 1948 | 57 | — | #1,207 |
| 1947 | 57 | — | #1,201 |
| 1946 | 46 | — | #1,286 |
| 1945 | 33 | — | #1,414 |
| 1944 | 48 | — | #1,137 |
| 1943 | 54 | — | #1,100 |
| 1942 | 67 | — | #956 |
| 1941 | 71 | — | #867 |
| 1940 | 65 | — | #891 |
| 1939 | 63 | — | #887 |
| 1938 | 81 | — | #783 |
| 1937 | 80 | — | #765 |
| 1936 | 76 | — | #778 |
| 1935 | 79 | — | #764 |
| 1934 | 110 | — | #640 |
| 1933 | 114 | — | #609 |
| 1932 | 133 | — | #568 |
| 1931 | 156 | — | #529 |
| 1930 | 178 | — | #502 |
| 1929 | 226 | — | #439 |
| 1928 | 225 | — | #460 |
| 1927 | 267 | — | #421 |
| 1926 | 261 | — | #427 |
| 1925 | 270 | — | #420 |
| 1924 | 291 | — | #403 |
| 1923 | 299 | — | #385 |
| 1922 | 308 | — | #371 |
| 1921 | 294 | — | #393 |
| 1920 | 270 | — | #404 |
| 1919 | 244 | — | #416 |
| 1918 | 265 | — | #402 |
| 1917 | 290 | — | #371 |
| 1916 | 296 | — | #358 |
| 1915 | 284 | — | #355 |
| 1914 | 207 | — | #368 |
| 1913 | 156 | — | #388 |
| 1912 | 139 | — | #393 |
| 1911 | 109 | — | #389 |
| 1910 | 81 | — | #444 |
| 1909 | 72 | — | #438 |
| 1908 | 96 | — | #369 |
| 1907 | 75 | — | #410 |
| 1906 | 58 | — | #450 |
| 1905 | 73 | — | #396 |
| 1904 | 48 | — | #478 |
| 1903 | 66 | — | #392 |
| 1902 | 47 | — | #462 |
| 1901 | 40 | — | #480 |
| 1900 | 38 | — | #566 |
| 1899 | 47 | — | #429 |
| 1898 | 33 | — | #569 |
| 1897 | 36 | — | #486 |
| 1896 | 34 | — | #511 |
| 1895 | 32 | — | #528 |
| 1894 | 25 | — | #593 |
| 1893 | 24 | — | #591 |
| 1892 | 28 | — | #525 |
| 1891 | 16 | — | #690 |
| 1890 | 21 | — | #577 |
| 1889 | 22 | — | #553 |
| 1888 | 24 | — | #523 |
| 1887 | 9 | — | #840 |
| 1886 | 15 | — | #599 |
| 1885 | 14 | — | #603 |
| 1884 | 10 | — | #720 |
| 1883 | 15 | — | #511 |
| 1882 | 10 | — | #628 |
| 1881 | 11 | — | #532 |
| 1880 | 10 | — | #572 |