Romana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- roh-MAH-nuh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Romana is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “of Rome”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Romana mean?
Latin: feminine of Romanus, 'of Rome'
“of Rome”
Feminine form of Romanus, the Latin word for Roman, widely used across Europe.
Is Romana a girl's or a boy's name?
Romana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Romana in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 28 girls.
Half of all the girls named Romana in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Romana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 2 | #7,238 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 14 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 20 | #1,575 |
| 2009 | 17 | #1,691 |
| 2008 | 13 | #2,046 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 18 | #1,342 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,730 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,637 |
| 2000 | 21 | #1,073 |
| 1999 | 13 | #1,493 |
| 1998 | 20 | #1,123 |
| 1997 | 23 | #995 |
| 1996 | 28 | #855 |
How popular is Romana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Romana, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 1928, with 53 girls. It first appears in the records in 1891.
Half of all the girls named Romana in the US since 1880 were born between 1927 and 1976, the years shaded on the chart below.
Romana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,317 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,779 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,531 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,841 |
| 1978 | 17 | #4,079 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,234 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,361 |
| 1975 | 21 | #3,259 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,458 |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,121 |
| 1972 | 15 | #3,894 |
| 1971 | 21 | #3,166 |
| 1970 | 26 | #2,705 |
| 1969 | 29 | #2,396 |
| 1968 | 23 | #2,630 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 23 | #2,518 |
| 1965 | 18 | #2,937 |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,514 |
| 1963 | 28 | #2,251 |
| 1962 | 13 | #3,591 |
| 1961 | 28 | #2,249 |
| 1960 | 20 | #2,728 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,103 |
| 1958 | 18 | #2,754 |
| 1957 | 19 | #2,650 |
| 1956 | 19 | #2,621 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,375 |
| 1954 | 14 | #3,018 |
| 1953 | 9 | #3,954 |
| 1952 | 17 | #2,580 |
| 1951 | 12 | #3,105 |
| 1950 | 11 | #3,234 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,611 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,349 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,005 |
| 1946 | 16 | #2,391 |
| 1945 | 21 | #1,824 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,945 |
| 1943 | 15 | #2,351 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,192 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,899 |
| 1939 | 15 | #2,125 |
| 1938 | 21 | #1,703 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,939 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,385 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,779 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,566 |
| 1933 | 21 | #1,658 |
| 1932 | 22 | #1,634 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,685 |
| 1930 | 29 | #1,434 |
| 1929 | 32 | #1,338 |
| 1928 | 53 | #1,029 |
| 1927 | 34 | #1,383 |
| 1926 | 23 | #1,771 |
| 1925 | 29 | #1,534 |
| 1924 | 35 | #1,382 |
| 1923 | 18 | #2,091 |
| 1922 | 22 | #1,836 |
| 1921 | 27 | #1,625 |
| 1920 | 18 | #2,079 |
| 1919 | 33 | #1,348 |
| 1918 | 19 | #1,962 |
| 1917 | 15 | #2,203 |
| 1916 | 21 | #1,689 |
| 1915 | 14 | #2,142 |
| 1914 | 19 | #1,480 |
| 1913 | 18 | #1,358 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,477 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,956 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,471 |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,439 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,512 |
| 1906 | 10 | #1,229 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,695 |
| 1904 | 11 | #1,092 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,792 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,931 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,437 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,332 |
Names like Romana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rosa, Anna, Rosanna, Laura, Lola, Julia, Flora, Lucy, Matilda, Rosie, Alma, Beatrice
Names related to Romana
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Emilia, Max, Nova, Julian, Clara, Anthony
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Romana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/romana, updated 20 October 2026.