Rosa

#652 for girls in 2025, 441 births · Last seen for boys in 2003 at #6,715
Given to girls 99.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
1880 · 507 births
Debut · girls
507 births
In top 100 · girls
33 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
177,415
since 1880

Rosa over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201987peak #52, 1880girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#652441—
2024#662442—
2023#668441—
2022#605494—
2021#660451—
2020#630460—
2019#646450—
2018#639466—
2017#665443—
2016#638466—
2015#626456—
2014#606480—
2013#647437—
2012#612469—
2011#617469—
2010#561518—
2009#492626—
2008#454696—
2007#435742—
2006#394813—
2005#407776—
2004#415737—
2003#385787#6,71510
2002#340876#10,6675
2001#331938—
2000#3151,005#10,3495
1999#314983#8,7046
1998#2761,125—
1997#297967#9,2655
1996#292993#9,0155
1995#2711,008#5,9289
1994#2281,254#4,80312
1993#2201,257#8,7005
1992#2331,172#4,32713
1991#2411,150#4,76011
1990#2421,176#3,60716
1989#2421,138#4,01713
1988#260979#3,35015
1987#261970#3,95911
1986#264970#2,77918
1985#2521,011#2,94216
1984#255978#3,10714
1983#2361,047#3,07114
1982#2171,205#2,51819
1981#2131,226#2,89815
1980#2041,270#3,83810
1979#2271,152#3,81010
1978#2291,076#4,1578
1977#2291,090#4,1648
1976#2121,159#2,94613
1975#2021,208#4,3097
1974#2031,252#3,31810
1973#2051,260#3,22310
1972#2141,293#2,08019
1971#2211,377#3,14610
1970#2211,425#2,50914
1969#2161,439#2,30814
1968#2211,348#3,6736
1967#2211,327#2,47011
1966#2181,398#2,7849
1965#2261,408#2,61710
1964#2231,519#2,40912
1963#2221,510#2,67310
1962#2111,612#2,50411
1961#2091,649#2,9009
1960#1971,831#2,8719
1959#1981,799#2,66310
1958#1891,862#2,26513
1957#1812,080#1,95217
1956#1682,172#2,36112
1955#1682,049#2,55810
1954#1652,108#2,7439
1953#1612,022#1,95816
1952#1621,942#2,15313
1951#1601,956#2,36711
1950#1551,886#3,0217
1949#1551,924#1,75418
1948#1491,926#2,11513
1947#1671,801#2,25112
1946#1681,620#1,94914
1945#1471,576#2,7437
1944#1451,670#2,08012
1943#1541,681#1,98614
1942#1551,572#2,5239
1941#1541,477#1,82115
1940#1481,549#2,32210
1939#1511,494#1,95813
1938#1461,568#1,68917
1937#1521,440#1,68817
1936#1461,454#1,50520
1935#1371,600#1,83715
1934#1351,582#1,93214
1933#1321,645#1,33025
1932#1311,757#1,99514
1931#1381,633#2,00314
1930#1291,877#1,55922
1929#1291,887#1,48024
1928#1251,970#1,76019
1927#1242,109#2,03416
1926#1252,115#1,84618
1925#1252,230#2,08915
1924#1292,148#2,13215
1923#1292,050#2,02016
1922#1232,106#2,80110
1921#1311,977#2,05916
1920#1162,199#1,96617
1919#1102,189#1,88217
1918#1172,034#2,54311
1917#1211,829#2,9568
1916#1201,793#2,9268
1915#1161,793#2,45810
1914#1041,514#2,4578
1913#1011,366#2,2737
1912#941,305#2,0457
1911#911,022#1,5376
1910#821,131#1,4216
1909#87959—
1908#86941—
1907#82924—
1906#81865#1,2535
1905#79922—
1904#76903—
1903#74911#1,0096
1902#75909—
1901#75845#1,0585
1900#691,118#1,3105
1899#77765#9286
1898#75841—
1897#74770—
1896#74808#9007
1895#71832—
1894#70780—
1893#70790#1,0355
1892#68796#1,0665
1891#65729—
1890#64770—
1889#66707—
1888#61832—
1887#60659#9215
1886#59673—
1885#58623—
1884#58607—
1883#60507—
1882#57542—
1881#53500—
1880#52507—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Rosa was already there! It came in at #52, and was given to 507 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2009–2025, when fewer than 630 girls a year got the name.

Where Rosa is popular in 1987

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Rosa, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Rosa, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Rosa, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Rosa, so not publishedNHWashington: #288 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,699 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Rosa, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Rosa, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rosa, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #466 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,498 girlsMNIllinois: #230 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 1,396 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Rosa, so not publishedWIMichigan: #652 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,797 girlsMINew York: #214 for girls · 88 births · 1 in 1,271 girlsNYMassachusetts: #279 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,794 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Rosa, so not publishedRIOregon: #280 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,702 girlsORNevada: #168 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 758 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Rosa, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rosa, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Rosa, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Rosa, so not publishedINOhio: #913 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 11,284 girlsOHPennsylvania: #394 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 3,146 girlsPANew Jersey: #271 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,743 girlsNJConnecticut: #254 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,658 girlsCTCalifornia: #117 for girls · 348 births · 1 in 618 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Rosa, so not publishedUTColorado: #434 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,998 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Rosa, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Rosa, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Rosa, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Rosa, so not publishedWVVirginia: #450 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,474 girlsVAMaryland: #404 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,835 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Rosa, so not publishedDEArizona: #209 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,062 girlsAZNew Mexico: #191 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 865 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Rosa, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Rosa, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Rosa, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #392 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,866 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #495 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,634 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #132 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 518 girlsDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Rosa, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #542 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,759 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Rosa, so not publishedMSAlabama: #543 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,307 girlsALGeorgia: #482 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,563 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Rosa, so not publishedHITexas: #145 for girls · 157 births · 1 in 821 girlsTXFlorida: #283 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 1,735 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. California#117 · 1 in 618
  2. District of Columbia#132 · 1 in 518
  3. Texas#145 · 1 in 821
  4. Nevada#168 · 1 in 758
  5. New Mexico#191 · 1 in 865

Best ever in a state: #4 in South Carolina, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
California#1173481 in 618
District of Columbia#132111 in 518
Texas#1451571 in 821
Nevada#16871 in 758
New Mexico#191111 in 865
Arizona#209231 in 1,062
New York#214881 in 1,271
Illinois#230521 in 1,396
Connecticut#254111 in 1,658
New Jersey#271251 in 1,743
Massachusetts#279201 in 1,794
Oregon#28091 in 1,702
Florida#283401 in 1,735
Washington#288161 in 1,699
North Carolina#392131 in 2,866
Pennsylvania#394221 in 3,146
Maryland#40491 in 2,835
Colorado#43471 in 2,998
Virginia#450101 in 3,474
Minnesota#46661 in 4,498
Georgia#482111 in 3,563
South Carolina#49551 in 3,634
Louisiana#54271 in 3,759
Alabama#54351 in 4,307
Michigan#652101 in 5,797
Ohio#91361 in 11,284
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Rosa
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 10 spots since 2024 (#662 → #652)
  • 22 spots since 2020 (#630 → #652)
  • 26 spots since 2015 (#626 → #652)
  • Biggest jump: 55 spots in 2022 (#660 → #605)
  • Biggest drop: 69 spots in 2010 (#492 → #561)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #52 (507 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 33 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 33 yrs · run 1880–1912
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 179
  • Highest: 1 in 179 girls born in 1880 were named Rosa (0.56%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,645 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 11.7% of all girls named Rosa (20,791) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6,157#52 (1880)#58
1890s7,881#64 (1890)#71
1900s9,297#69 (1900)#78
1910s15,976#82 (1910)#106
1920s20,791#116 (1920)#126
1930s16,050#129 (1930)#140
1940s16,796#145 (1944)#154
1950s19,876#155 (1950)#171
1960s15,041#197 (1960)#216
1970s12,292#202 (1975)#216
1980s10,794#204 (1980)#240
1990s11,085#220 (1993)#261
2000s7,996#315 (2000)#397
2010s4,654#561 (2010)#626
2020s2,729#605 (2022)#646

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Rosa in 1987

girls
#261
970 births · 1 in 1,792 girls
boys
#3,959
11 births · 1 in 169,726 boys

Top girls' names in 1987

  1. #1Jessica55,992
  2. #2Ashley54,856
  3. #3Amanda41,786
  4. #4Jennifer32,710
  5. #5Sarah27,894
  6. #6Stephanie22,402
  7. #7Brittany22,231
  8. #8Nicole20,286
  9. #9Heather18,982
  10. #10Elizabeth18,608
  11. #261Rosa970

Top boys' names in 1987

  1. #1Michael63,664
  2. #2Christopher54,493
  3. #3Matthew46,511
  4. #4Joshua40,002
  5. #5David36,795
  6. #6Andrew36,206
  7. #7Daniel35,876
  8. #8James32,659
  9. #9Justin31,491
  10. #10Robert30,237
  11. #3,959Rosa11
More about 1987

girls

1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 1,792 of them was named Rosa, which outranked 98.0% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rosa
  1. #258Bonnie984
  2. #259Gabriela982
  3. #260Jocelyn979
  4. #261Rosa970
  5. #262Allyson962
  6. #263Cheryl959
  7. #264Mandy958
Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,808Janay#2,195 → #387
  2. ↑ 1,048Channing#1,638 → #590
  3. ↑ 786Ayla#1,380 → #594
  4. ↑ 714Yessenia#1,439 → #725
  5. ↑ 648Denisse#1,602 → #954
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,153Halley#580 → #1,733
  2. ↓ 674Cherrelle#879 → #1,553
  3. ↓ 637Sharday#933 → #1,570
  4. ↓ 613Sharde#873 → #1,486
  5. ↓ 539Shardae#832 → #1,371

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 169,726 of them was named Rosa, which outranked 51.4% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rosa
  1. #3,731Zac12
  2. #3,731Zavier12
  3. #3,731Zvi12
  4. #3,959Rosa11
  5. #3,959Aakash11
  6. #3,959Abiel11
  7. #3,959Abrahm11
  8. #4,239Abdallah10
  9. #4,239Abisai10
  10. #4,239Able10

Tied with 279 names at #3,959; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. ↑ 994Trevin#1,962 → #968
  2. ↑ 819Conner#1,617 → #798
  3. ↑ 593Mychal#1,363 → #770
  4. ↑ 503Jaren#1,457 → #954
  5. ↑ 457Corbin#1,049 → #592
Fallers
  1. ↓ 623Durell#816 → #1,439
  2. ↓ 336Jayce#694 → #1,030
  3. ↓ 267Rasheed#921 → #1,188
  4. ↓ 263Deshaun#971 → #1,234
  5. ↓ 260Britt#880 → #1,140

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1987 →