girl's name

Roma

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 10,698

Northern Ireland

#460

2024 births

Roma is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 151 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 1930, when 184 babies were given the name.
  • After peaking in the 1930s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.
  • Today about 1 in 21,956 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1883.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Roma over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,551
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Roma by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 67
1890s 157
1900s 357
1910s 1,106
1920s 1,551
1930s 1,450
1940s 951
1950s 722
1960s 434
1970s 187
1980s 164
1990s 229
2000s 373
2010s 448
2020s (to 2025) 666

How popular is Roma?

In 2025, Roma was given to 151 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Roma is used

Northern Ireland #460 3 in 2024
France #523 95 in 2025
Scotland #586 5 in 2024
Ireland #741 3 in 2003
England & Wales #752 54 in 2025
United States #1,497 151 in 2025
Canada #3,255 6 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Roma

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Roma also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Roma over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Roma in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Czech
Romana
Dutch
Romana
Japanese
Romi
Polish
Romana
Slovene
Romana
Turkish
Rona
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Ronna Romea

Sibling names for Roma

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Roma — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Roma

How popular is the name Roma?

In 2025, Roma was given to 151 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Roma a girl's or a boy's name?

Roma is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Roma?

Roma has 2 syllables.

When was Roma most popular?

Roma peaked in 1930, when 184 babies were given the name. After peaking in the 1930s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.

Is Roma a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Roma currently ranks #460 in the United States. After peaking in the 1930s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.