# Roma (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/roma/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “rome” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɹoʊmə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,862 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 576 / 8,286 (94% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,038, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin and Italian Roma (“Rome”). Doublet of Rome and Rum.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 31 | 4,658 |
| 2012 | 37 | 4,104 |
| 2013 | 39 | 3,900 |
| 2014 | 41 | 3,768 |
| 2015 | 40 | 3,834 |
| 2016 | 45 | 3,511 |
| 2017 | 34 | 4,292 |
| 2018 | 49 | 3,282 |
| 2019 | 62 | 2,748 |
| 2020 | 68 | 2,545 |
| 2021 | 82 | 2,264 |
| 2022 | 89 | 2,154 |
| 2023 | 122 | 1,697 |
| 2024 | 121 | 1,695 |
| 2025 | 143 | 1,496 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 5 | 4,414 |
| 1969 | 7 | 3,862 |
| 1974 | 5 | 5,843 |
| 1978 | 7 | 4,942 |
| 1981 | 7 | 5,374 |
| 1992 | 5 | 9,526 |
| 2010 | 5 | 13,848 |
| 2014 | 5 | 13,661 |
| 2018 | 5 | 13,702 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9,578 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8,594 |
| 2022 | 6 | 12,035 |
| 2023 | 12 | 7,208 |
| 2024 | 6 | 12,065 |
| 2025 | 8 | 9,531 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 27 | 1,196 |
| 2012 | 29 | 1,150 |
| 2013 | 26 | 1,291 |
| 2014 | 22 | 1,411 |
| 2015 | 33 | 1,057 |
| 2016 | 45 | 837 |
| 2017 | 50 | 785 |
| 2018 | 58 | 689 |
| 2019 | 57 | 682 |
| 2020 | 57 | 655 |
| 2021 | 56 | 683 |
| 2022 | 63 | 606 |
| 2023 | 53 | 677 |
| 2024 | 50 | 751 |
| 2025 | 49 | 747 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Roma

- Roma Maffia, American actress
- Roma Agrawal, British structural engineer
- Roma Ligocka, Costume designer, writer, painter
- Roma called Roy, Egyptian high priest of Amun
- Roma Bahn, German actress and voice actress (1896–1975)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.