Roma
Girl nameRoma has been given to 8,862 babies in the U.S. since 1883. It peaked in 1930.
Meaning & origin /ˈɹoʊmə/
Borrowed from Romani roma, plural of rom (“man, husband, Romani man”). The latter probably comes from Sanskrit डोम्ब (ḍomba, “lower-caste person working as a wandering musician”), from Sanskrit डमरु (ḍamaru, “drum”), which may have been borrowed from a Dravidian language. Folk etymology pointed to a legend that the ethnic group were an exiled people from Roman Imperial times. The other major categories of words for the Roma are cognates of Gypsy (words related to Egypt) and cognates of tzigane (words derived from Greek); see those entries for more information.
Origin: Latin
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
8,862
Peak year
1930 (184 babies)
Rank in 2025
Below top 1000
First recorded
1883
10-year trend
▲ +278%
Gender split
94% girls / 6% boys
Names with a similar vibe
Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Roma.
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