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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201921peak #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
1882
1881
1880
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.

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
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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 1921

girls
#645
132 births · 1 in 9,341 girls
boys
#1,980
17 births · 1 in 64,791 boys

Top girls' names in 1921

  1. #1Mary73,984
  2. #2Dorothy39,087
  3. #3Helen34,822
  4. #4Margaret28,468
  5. #5Ruth25,783
  6. #6Virginia19,032
  7. #7Mildred17,880
  8. #8Betty17,638
  9. #9Frances15,993
  10. #10Elizabeth15,800
  11. #645Roma132

Top boys' names in 1921

  1. #1John58,216
  2. #2Robert52,779
  3. #3William51,862
  4. #4James49,750
  5. #5Charles29,242
  6. #6George27,476
  7. #7Joseph26,182
  8. #8Edward20,817
  9. #9Frank16,705
  10. #10Richard16,376
  11. #1,980Roma17
More about 1921

girls

1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 9,341 of them was named Roma, which outranked 89.0% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Roma
  1. #641Leatha134
  2. #643Abbie133
  3. #643Ray133
  4. #645Roma132
  5. #646Arleen131
  6. #646Georgiana131
  7. #646Maud131
Biggest movers since 1920
Risers
  1. 4,238Elwanda#4,975#737
  2. 458Noreen#1,255#797
  3. 440Venice#1,375#935
  4. 343Isobel#1,312#969
  5. 306Aida#1,119#813
Fallers
  1. 612Lilia#931#1,543
  2. 345Denise#931#1,276
  3. 330Aleen#968#1,298
  4. 269Virgil#968#1,237
  5. 265Aldona#903#1,168

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

boys

1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 64,791 of them was named Roma, which outranked 60.3% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Roma
  1. #1,904Virgie18
  2. #1,904Whitfield18
  3. #1,904Yukio18
  4. #1,980Roma17
  5. #1,980Agapito17
  6. #1,980Aime17
  7. #1,980Alban17
  8. #2,059Abelardo16
  9. #2,059Almond16
  10. #2,059Ambrosio16

Tied with 78 names at #1,980; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1920
Risers
  1. 828Kevin#1,543#715
  2. 499Enrico#1,157#658
  3. 435Richmond#1,225#790
  4. 427Reynaldo#1,252#825
  5. 425Art#1,416#991
Fallers
  1. 391Stacy#835#1,226
  2. 279Gorden#947#1,226
  3. 248Brady#653#901
  4. 246Guillermo#812#1,058
  5. 219Lindsay#903#1,122

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

See the top 100 for 1921