Given name & surname
Roma
“woman from Rome”
Roma is used as a given name and a surname. One Italian interpretation is “woman from Rome.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Italian interpretation is “woman from Rome.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Italian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1883. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Roma through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,862
- 576 boys · 8,286 girls
- Most popular year
- 1930
- 184 babies
- 2025
- 151
- #1,496 for girls · #9,531 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +110%
- Rising fast
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 6% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 143 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,496 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 115.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 174 in 1930. It also appeared in 8 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, Florida had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (22). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,222 as a first name in 2020; 1,887 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.
Roma’s family of names
Roma has a later derivative in Roman. Roma has a related form in Romina. Roma has a related form in Roman.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 29
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Romanvariant
- Rominavariant
- Romyvariant
- Romivariant
- Romievariant
- Romainevariant
- Romeliavariant
- Romanavariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Roma
- Suchitra SenIndian actress (1931–2014)
- Roma DowneyIrish actress and Emmy nominated producer and author from Derry, Northern Irelandborn 1960
- Roma MaffiaAmerican actressborn 1955
- Roma GąsiorowskaPolish actressborn 1981
- Roma RyanIrish writerborn 1950
- Roma AgrawalBritish structural engineerborn 1983
- Roma AsraniIndian actressborn 1984
- Roma LigockaCostume designer, writer, painterborn 1938
- Roma BahnGerman actress and voice actress (1896–1975)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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