Given name & surname
Roa
Roa is a feminine given name from Spanish. It is used in English, Spanish, Tagalog, Cebuano, and 2 other languages.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2017. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Roa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 84
- 12 boys · 72 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #7,423 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,423 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 152 as a first name in 2020; 6,421 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Roa’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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