Romana vs Romona
American parents have registered 5,175 Romonas since 1880, against 1,739 Romanas. But in 2025 it was Romana that was commoner, 6 babies to 5.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Romana Romona
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 124 years in which either name was published, Romona for 70 years and Romana for 54 years. The lead changed hands 18 times.
- 1891–1925 Romana ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1928–1987 Romona ahead
- 1988–2020 Romana ahead, apart from 3 short spells
12 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Romana | Romona | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 1,739 | 5,175 |
| Most in one year | 53 | 148 |
| Babies in 2025 | 6 | 5 |
| Estimated living today | 960 | 3,400 |
| Median age today | 52 | 63 |
| Peak year | 1928 | 1955 |
| Best rank | 1,029th girls | 788th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 13,208th | 14,942nd |
| First recorded | 1891 | 1908 |
| Girls / boys | 1,739 / 0 | 5,175 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Romonas alive today are over 63; half the Romanas are over 52. That is 11 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Romana and Romona.