Romilly is a distinctive choice, ranked #547 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Romilly in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#547
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 distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Romilly
Unlikely. With around 71 UK babies named Romilly per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Romilly in her class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Romilly is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 136 places over the last five years to #547 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
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.
71
UK babies named Romilly (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 136 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
Likely around 1 other Romilly in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
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
Jacqueline Worms de Romilly was a French philologist, classical scholar and fiction writer. She was the first woman nominated to the Collège de France, and in 1988, the second woman to enter the Académie française.
Charles Romilly was an English barrister and cricketer with amateur status. He was associated with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and made his debut in 1828.
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. He was born in London on 15 March 1856, and, at first, educated at the Rev.
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. He is perhaps best remembered for his teenage elopement with his second cousin Jessica Mitford, the second youngest of the Mitford sisters.
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.
Sir Samuel Romilly was a British lawyer, Whig politician, abolitionist and legal reformer. Born in London of French Huguenot descent, he was largely self-educated and escaped poverty through a fortuitous inheritance that allowed travel.