Romilly is a distinctive choice, ranked #551 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Romilly in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#551
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About the Name Romilly
Romilly is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 136 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #528 in 2023 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Romilly is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Romilly in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Romilly
Jacqueline de Romilly — Jacqueline Worms de Romilly was a French philologist, classical scholar and fiction writer.
Charles Romilly — Charles Romilly was an English barrister and cricketer with amateur status.
Hugh Hastings Romilly — Hugh Hastings Romilly was a British explorer in the Pacific, the third son of Colonel Frederick Romilly and Elizabeth, daughter of Gilbert Elliot, second earl of Minto.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Romilly
Unlikely. With around 72 UK babies named Romilly per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Romilly in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Romilly is rising: up 132 places since 2020, to #551 in 2025. Its best recorded position was #528 in 2023.
Romilly is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Romilly does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Romillys in the wild.
72
UK babies named Romilly (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 132 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Romilly
Almost certainly the only Romilly in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Romilly
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Hugh Hastings Romilly was a British explorer in the Pacific, the third son of Colonel Frederick Romilly and Elizabeth, daughter of Gilbert Elliot, second earl of Minto.
Esmond Marcus David Romilly was a British socialist, anti-fascist, and journalist, who was in turn a schoolboy rebel, a veteran with the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War and, following the outbreak of the Second World War, an observer with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Giles Samuel Bertram Romilly was a British communist journalist, Second World War POW, brother of Esmond Romilly, and nephew of Winston Churchill through his wife Clementine Churchill.