girls:
8k births since 1883
#1821 (68th percentile)
boys:
562 births since 1891
#4024 (12th percentile)
overall:
8.6k births since 1883
#2923 (62nd percentile)
The name Roma is the #2,923 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,584 recorded births since 1883. This represents the 62.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 62.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,821 (68.1% percentile) for all time with 8,022 births since 1883. For boys, it ranks #4,024 (12.2% percentile) for all time with 562 births since 1891.
Roma first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1883 (1883 for girls and 1891 for boys).
The name Roma has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 93.5% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 91.0% of babies named Roma were girls.
For girls, Roma reached its peak popularity in 1930, achieving the 27.4% percentile (ranked #431) with 149 births per million. The name was most common in 1911, with 158 births per million (ranked 15.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Roma ranks #830 for girls (12.4% percentile) with 70 births per million, which is 44.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Roma reached its peak popularity in 1919, achieving the 2.6% percentile (ranked #521) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 1903, with 62 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Roma ranks #904 for boys (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 10.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Roma".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Roma. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 78.6% confident that Roma is pronounced as ROH-muh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ROH-mah, at 21.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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