Hello, my name isGirlBoy
Philomena
Pronounced /ˌfɪləˈmiːnə/
Rank in 2024
#1,821
Born in 2024
110
Peak year
1922 · #371
Origin
Ancient Greek
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 110 girls were named Philomena, about 1 in every 14,665.
- It peaked in 1922 with 308 babies, ranked #371.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 9,847 girls have been named Philomena since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Philomena per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.2Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 4,906 babies, 0.24 per 1,000. Silent: 1,859 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Boomers: 881 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 223 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 130 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 387 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 987 babies, 0.05 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Latin Philomēna, from Ancient Greek Φιλουμένη (Philouménē, literally “beloved”). Name of an alleged early martyr whose remains were discovered in 1802 in Rome. Doublet of Philomene.
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /ˌfɪləˈmiːnə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Philomena, CC BY-SA 4.0.