How rare is the name Roma?

5,222 people in the United States have the first name Roma, about 1 in 57,838. It ranks #3,795 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ROMA

#3,795

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,222
About
1 in 57,838
This common or more
83%
Who bears it

Of the 5,222 people named Roma, 55.5% reported their origin as White, 22.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 9.4% as Hispanic or Latino. 92.1% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Roma peaked in 1930, when 184 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18832025
Peak year
1930
Births that year
184
In 2025*
151 ▼18%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 8,862 babies have been given the name since 1883. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Roma by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #931. The largest share of babies named Roma, 30.1%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#1,52767
1890s#1,263157
1900s#931357
1910s#1,0141,106
1920s#1,0521,551
1930s#9971,450
1940s#1,439951
1950s#1,993722
1960s#2,808434
1970s#5,590187
1980s#7,252164
1990s#7,352229
2000s#6,531373
2010s#6,083448
2020s#3,315666
Before 19012.9%
Greatest Generation 1901–2730.1%
Silent Generation 1928–4526.9%
Baby boom 1946–6414.7%
Generation X 1965–804.2%
Millennials 1981–963.1%
Generation Z 1997–126.8%
2013 and later11.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Roma is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Roma has been most common in Nebraska (7.8×), Idaho (4.3×), and Utah (4×), and least common in New Jersey (0.4×).

3,458 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Roma

1 other first name also has 5,222 people.

#3,795 Arline · 5,222

Either side of Roma

#3,793 Tripp · 5,223#3,795 Arline · 5,222#3,797 Zaira · 5,219#3,798 Linwood · 5,210

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Roma, most common first.

#3,760 Rona · 5,294#5,544 Romy · 3,073#6,401 Rome · 2,513#10,571 Romi · 1,251#19,703 Rom · 533#48,024 Romia · 134#51,501 Romo · 113

Also a last name

As a last name, Roma ranks #15,028 of 156,621, with 1,887 people. See Roma as a last name

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