How Many People Are Named Roma?

3,890

people named Roma are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 87,862 people in the US has this name

Based on 8,862 babies named Roma in Social Security records from 1883 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#4,376

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#2,465

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Peak Year

1930

184 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Catalan
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Catalan form of Romanus (see ROMAN).

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
95.3%
Male
4.7%

Of the babies given the name Roma, 95.3% were girls and 4.7% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1890s: 93% of the babies were girls then and 93.8% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Roma alive today is about 45 years old, and 45% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 12 and 75 in 2025.

Under 30 1,606
41.3%
30 to 59 551
14.2%
60 and over 1,734
44.6%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Roma first appears in the records in 1883 and was given most often in 1930, to 184 babies. In 2025, 151 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1883 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Roma has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #495, in 1911. In 2025 it ranked #1,496.

Girls
Rank in 2025#1,496
Best rank#495 (1911)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#612 in the 1920s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Roma alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Roma were born in California than in any other state: about 252 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Roma was given 6.2 times as often in Nebraska, 5.6 times in Utah and 4.6 times in Idaho.

California 252
Texas 155
New York 114
Florida 109
Illinois 72
Ohio 44
Tennessee 41
New Jersey 39
Kentucky 35
Pennsylvania 34
North Carolina 32
Iowa 31
Mississippi 30
Missouri 25
Nebraska 22
Indiana 21
Oklahoma 21
Louisiana 21
Michigan 16
Utah 15
West Virginia 12
Kansas 11
Virginia 11
Alabama 9
Georgia 9
Massachusetts 5
Arizona 5
Idaho 3
Arkansas 3
Minnesota 1

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