Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1882. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Philomene through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 544
- 0 boys · 544 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1960. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 22 in 1915. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 656 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Philomene’s family of names
In English usage, Philomene shares an earlier linguistic root with Philomena. In English usage, Philomene was borrowed from the French form Philomène.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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