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Roma

#1,496 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Rome

Roma has been given to 8,862 babies in the U.S. since 1883. In 2025 it ranked #1,496 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1930, with 174 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 94% girls, 6% boys all-time.

Babies named Roma, 2025

1 in 23,200

Roma over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Roma over time

In 2025, Roma went to 95% girls and 5% boys.

18832025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Roma: meaning, origin, and history

Rome

Latin

What Roma means

Roma means “Rome”, associated with Roma.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Latin and Italian Roma (“Rome”). Doublet of Rome and Rum.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Roma (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Roma is used in English. Its origins include Latin.

Roma comes through Italian Roma.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Rome.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Roma is pronounced /ˈɹoʊmə/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 8,286 girls were recorded with the name Roma between 1883 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 174 in 1930; its best national rank was #495 in 1911.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,545 in 2020 to #1,496 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,833 in 2015 to #1,496 in 2025.

In the United States, 576 boys were recorded with the name Roma between 1891 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 19 in 1919; its best national rank was #899 in 1903.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #8,589 in 2020 to #9,527 in 2025.

How common is Roma?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 23,200
143 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 11,200
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,496
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
16,070 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Roma sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 16,070 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Roma. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Romas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Roma was born before 1938 — so the typical Roma is around 87 today.

Median birth year
1938
About 87 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
17.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
16.8%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
3,053
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1920s — 17.2% of all recorded uses (1,425).

Is Roma rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+199
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,049
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+2,337
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
3.58×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
82.2%
Peak was 1930 (174)
Years since peak
95
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
19.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#495
1911

Spellings of Roma

Roma is not the most common spelling — Emma is, with 20.8% against Roma's 0.22%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Roma is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Roma was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 7,692 girls, against 1 in 18,235 across all states with data. It was least common in Georgia (1 in 100,000).

113 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in 7,692
  2. 2New York1 in 14,286
  3. 3California1 in 16,667
  4. 4Texas1 in 20,000
  5. 5Illinois1 in 33,333
  6. 6New Jersey1 in 33,333
  7. 7Pennsylvania1 in 33,333
  8. 8Utah1 in 33,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Roma is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Roma was most concentrated in West Virginia — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 318,575 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1West Virginia1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Roma has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Roma around the world

Where Roma ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #747
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1992–2025
    #539
    in 2025
  • Northern Ireland
    2000–2024
    #407
    in 2024
  • Ireland
    1973–2003
    #655
    in 2003
  • France
    1929–2025
    #526
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1999–2024
    #3,027
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1944–2010
    #801
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Roma

People whose public names include Roma, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Roma in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Roma. Linked forms have their own page here.

RemaRomiRonaRonnaRomanaRominaRomeaRòmia

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Roma by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,496
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,049
Best rank ever
#495
1911
Peak year
1930
174 that year
First recorded
1883
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
8,286
Count in 2025
143

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#9,527
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 938
Best rank ever
#899
1903
Peak year
1919
19 that year
First recorded
1891
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
576
Count in 2025
8

Names similar to Roma

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

RomyRomiRominaRomonaRomeNeomaPalomaRomanaRomieOmaRomeeRomanLomaRomeliaNomaRomeyNaomaRomaineChiomaLeomaSalomaRomayneAlomaSoma

Names with a curve like Roma

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Roma, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

HellenNovellaGeorgianaLouellaWinonaLeonoraAugustineAlvaGeorgieElouiseEnidAlene

Sibling names for Roma

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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