Unisex name · since 2017
Roa
Since 2017, U.S. Social Security records show 72 babies named Roa, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #30,845 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,458 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 72
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Roa currently ranks #7458 among unisex names in America, with 72 babies recorded since 2017.
Social Security Administration records show Roa recorded 72 times among girls since 2017, holding rank #7458 nationally today, ahead of 57% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2017 to 2025.
- #30,845 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,458 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 72 born since 2017
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Roa ranks #30,845 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,458 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 72 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.
- #30,845 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,458 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 72
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Roa's 72 recorded births place it above 57.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Roa compares
72 20th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Roa's all-time total is 81% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Roa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 72 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Roa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Roa's full recorded timeline at 2022, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2021, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Roa popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Roa popularity over time - boys
12 total births recorded since 2023 (Roa as boys' name)
Roa by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (58 births, 81% of the file).
2020s was Roa's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 81% of all-time use.
Roa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 14
2010s
14 births
- 2020s
2020s
58 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 58 births (81% of all-time use).
Roa by state
Where Roa concentrates geographically, total births since 2017
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 6.9% |
5 of 72 births nationwide.
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What to do with Roa's data
- California records the most Roas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Roa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2017–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Roa draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.