Roma

#1,493 for girls in 2025, 143 births · #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
Given to girls 93.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
1911 · 70 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
8,286
since 1883

Roma over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201933peak #493, 1911peak #841, 1891girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,493143#8,9108
2024#1,681121#10,9386
2023#1,692122#6,89712
2022#2,14289#10,8636
2021#2,25182—
2020#2,52368#8,0679
2019#2,72962#8,8898
2018#3,24549#12,1565
2017#4,22034—
2016#3,46445—
2015#3,76740—
2014#3,71941#12,1085
2013#3,84939—
2012#4,04737—
2011#4,56831—
2010#3,40947#12,2315
2009#4,10737—
2008#4,08938—
2007#3,48247—
2006#4,57631—
2005#3,73039—
2004#3,33345—
2003#4,30730—
2002#3,39440—
2001#3,48638—
2000#4,29128—
1999#3,31338—
1998#3,42635—
1997#3,44833—
1996#4,30624—
1995#6,64113—
1994#5,01619—
1993#6,26414—
1992#7,51211#8,4355
1991#4,80820—
1990#5,28617—
1989#6,53112—
1988#4,65318—
1987#3,42426—
1986#5,18814—
1985#4,28218—
1984#3,87420—
1983#5,82411—
1982#5,91111—
1981#4,16218#4,9617
1980#6,7899—
1979#7,3138—
1978#3,77719#4,5547
1977#4,42515—
1976#5,21511—
1975#4,14115—
1974#5,7769#5,2275
1973#3,78716—
1972#2,68026—
1971#2,47730—
1970#2,70526—
1969#2,84422#3,5957
1968#2,36027—
1967#1,84840—
1966#2,05832#3,9485
1965#1,65546—
1964#1,74744—
1963#1,75443#3,3187
1962#1,82639—
1961#1,42861—
1960#1,46756#4,0385
1959#1,47853#3,6196
1958#1,43555#2,8189
1957#1,39857—
1956#1,22872—
1955#1,13977—
1954#1,30058#2,31612
1953#1,08279#3,4256
1952#1,10073#2,6809
1951#1,18362#2,8448
1950#1,03478#2,7708
1949#1,12165#3,2986
1948#1,11664#3,0107
1947#98480—
1946#85394#2,5349
1945#80388—
1944#89373#2,8627
1943#714116#3,2316
1942#79492#2,5239
1941#72894#2,6568
1940#635123#2,32210
1939#643113#3,1136
1938#533163#2,6468
1937#634114#3,5185
1936#575131#2,18411
1935#551135#2,24611
1934#544139#2,12112
1933#569126—
1932#551140#2,46510
1931#581129#2,10113
1930#508174#2,60910
1929#532162#2,31712
1928#626126#3,0768
1927#609137#2,29813
1926#621132#2,30213
1925#612142#2,08915
1924#587157#2,47312
1923#647130#2,22414
1922#542171#3,0149
1921#645132#1,98017
1920#609136#2,33613
1919#608133#1,75219
1918#596142#2,16514
1917#628118#1,90016
1916#531155#2,25912
1915#589122#2,6219
1914#63882#1,97511
1913#62867#1,80310
1912#56074—
1911#49370—
1910#61047#1,5895
1909#57445#1,4405
1908#63936—
1907#58839—
1906#62233—
1905#56438—
1904#61231#1,2055
1903#65426#8468
1902#81818—
1901#49937—
1900#65629#1,0507
1899#81416#1,0515
1898#88615—
1897#71519—
1896#87214—
1895#74618—
1894#81214—
1893#82613—
1892#1,0179—
1891#75013#8416
1890#69315—
1889#75712—
1888#8949—
1887#60814—
1886#65712—
1885#8427—
1884#7938—
1883#9205—
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First appearance
1883

The first year at least five girls were named Roma! It came in at #920, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Roma is popular in 1933

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Roma, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Roma, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Roma, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Roma, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Roma, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Roma, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Roma, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Roma, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Roma, so not publishedMNIllinois: #500 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,020 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Roma, so not publishedWIMichigan: #446 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,952 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Roma, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Roma, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Roma, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Roma, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Roma, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Roma, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Roma, so not publishedSDIowa: #265 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,461 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Roma, so not publishedINOhio: #355 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,773 girlsOHPennsylvania: #526 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 11,435 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Roma, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Roma, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #542 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,579 girlsCAUtah: #173 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 733 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Roma, so not publishedCONebraska: #172 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 978 girlsNEMissouri: #445 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,244 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Roma, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Roma, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Roma, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Roma, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Roma, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Roma, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Roma, so not publishedNMKansas: #202 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,284 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Roma, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Roma, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Roma, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Roma, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Roma, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #436 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,645 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Roma, so not publishedLAMississippi: #358 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,901 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Roma, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Roma, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Roma, so not publishedHITexas: #882 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,901 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Roma, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nebraska#172 · 1 in 978
  2. Utah#173 · 1 in 733
  3. Kansas#202 · 1 in 1,284
  4. Iowa#265 · 1 in 2,461
  5. Ohio#355 · 1 in 4,773

Best ever in a state: #82 in Utah, 1912.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nebraska#172101 in 978
Utah#17361 in 733
Kansas#202101 in 1,284
Iowa#26571 in 2,461
Ohio#35591 in 4,773
Mississippi#35871 in 2,901
Oklahoma#43661 in 3,645
Missouri#44551 in 5,244
Michigan#44651 in 6,952
Illinois#50061 in 8,020
Pennsylvania#52661 in 11,435
California#54251 in 6,579
Texas#88251 in 10,901
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Roma
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 188 spots since 2024 (#1,681 → #1,493)
  • 1,030 spots since 2020 (#2,523 → #1,493)
  • 2,274 spots since 2015 (#3,767 → #1,493)
  • Biggest jump: 191 spots in 1893 (#1,017 → #826)
  • Biggest drop: 319 spots in 1902 (#499 → #818)
Rise & fade · girls
28 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 1911 at #493 (70 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 55 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 64 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1893–1947
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,976
  • Highest: 1 in 5,976 girls born in 1911 were named Roma (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 11,240 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 17.2% of all girls named Roma (1,425) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s67#608 (1887)#782
1890s146#693 (1890)#813
1900s332#499 (1901)#623
1910s1,010#493 (1911)#588
1920s1,425#532 (1929)#603
1930s1,364#508 (1930)#569
1940s889#635 (1940)#864
1950s664#1,034 (1950)#1,238
1960s410#1,428 (1961)#1,899
1970s175#2,477 (1971)#4,230
1980s157#3,424 (1987)#5,064
1990s224#3,313 (1999)#5,002
2000s373#3,333 (2004)#3,880
2010s425#2,729 (2019)#3,702
2020s625#1,493 (2025)#1,964

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Roma in 1933

girls
#569
126 births · 1 in 7,999 girls

Top girls' names in 1933

  1. #1Mary55,517
  2. #2Betty31,531
  3. #3Barbara26,949
  4. #4Dorothy22,054
  5. #5Joan19,294
  6. #6Patricia18,632
  7. #7Margaret15,241
  8. #8Helen14,644
  9. #9Shirley14,320
  10. #10Doris12,025
  11. #569Roma126
More about 1933

girls

1,007,932 girls got a published name in 1933; 1 in 7,999 of them was named Roma, which outranked 88.3% of the 4,858 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Roma
  1. #563Wilhelmina129
  2. #567Josefina127
  3. #567Maurine127
  4. #569Roma126
  5. #569Louisa126
  6. #569Richard126
  7. #569Sherry126
  8. #573Minerva125
  9. #573Tillie125
  10. #575Dovie124

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,022Rheta#1,754 → #732
  2. ↑ 930Joellen#1,877 → #947
  3. ↑ 583Veola#1,568 → #985
  4. ↑ 483Sharlene#1,162 → #679
  5. ↑ 475Louetta#1,448 → #973
Fallers
  1. ↓ 395Golda#969 → #1,364
  2. ↓ 322Louis#940 → #1,262
  3. ↓ 298Bebe#899 → #1,197
  4. ↓ 291Clyde#998 → #1,289
  5. ↓ 291Mariam#998 → #1,289

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1933 →