Roma
Roma was the 1496th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 143 babies. Its best year was 1911, when it ranked 495th; the most babies were born in 1930 (174). Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,338 places. More babies were named Roma in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,496 girls, up 1,049 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 143girls
- Girls and boys
- 95% girls, 5% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1930174 babies
- Total since 1880
- 8,862babies recorded
Roma popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,496 | #9,531 | 143 | 8 |
| 2020 | #2,545 | #8,594 | 68 | 9 |
| 2010 | #3,460 | #13,848 | 47 | 5 |
| 2000 | #4,375 | — | 28 | — |
| 1990 | #5,482 | — | 17 | — |
| 1980 | #7,249 | — | 9 | — |
| 1970 | #2,762 | — | 26 | — |
| 1960 | #1,482 | #4,502 | 56 | 5 |
| 1950 | #1,037 | #2,984 | 78 | 8 |
| 1940 | #639 | #2,449 | 123 | 10 |
| 1930 | #509 | #2,755 | 174 | 10 |
| 1920 | #612 | #2,434 | 136 | 13 |
| 1910 | #616 | #1,798 | 47 | 5 |
| 1900 | #674 | #1,146 | 29 | 7 |
| 1890 | #718 | — | 15 | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Roma, counting every spelling?
Roma has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #1,380 for girls in 2025, against #1,496 on the official list.
How many kids will share the name Roma?
143 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Roma (0.04 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Roma born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 59 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Roma.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Roma?
About 3,600 people born in the US named Roma are alive today, with a median age of 49; half are between 13 and 74. That makes Roma mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Roma by state
How common Roma was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Florida (3.2×). In 41 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Roma: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Roma, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Roma
How popular is the name Roma?
Roma was the 1496th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 143 babies. Its best year was 1911, when it ranked 495th; the most babies were born in 1930 (174). Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,338 places. More babies were named Roma in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Roma a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 95% girls, 5% boys given the name Roma in the US.
Where is Roma most popular?
In 2021–2025, Roma was most common in Florida (0.22 per 1,000 girls), followed by New York and Texas.