Rosetta
#3,249 for girls in 2025, 48 births · Last seen for boys in 1937 at #2,479
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 49 births
- Debut · girls
- 46 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 28,161since 1880
Rosetta over time
Rank among girls' names. Rosetta has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,249 | 48 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,335 | 47 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,984 | 37 | — | |
| 2022 | #4,041 | 36 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,801 | 39 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,141 | 50 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,130 | 51 | — | |
| 2018 | #4,076 | 35 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,305 | 48 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,411 | 46 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,842 | 39 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,272 | 49 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,076 | 53 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,854 | 40 | — | |
| 2011 | #5,063 | 27 | — | |
| 2010 | #4,180 | 35 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,870 | 40 | — | |
| 2008 | #4,268 | 36 | — | |
| 2007 | #4,808 | 30 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,165 | 35 | — | |
| 2005 | #6,245 | 19 | — | |
| 2004 | #4,387 | 31 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,668 | 27 | — | |
| 2002 | #4,906 | 24 | — | |
| 2001 | #4,107 | 30 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,216 | 42 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,970 | 29 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,398 | 58 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,897 | 28 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,429 | 33 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,022 | 38 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,503 | 50 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,417 | 52 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,295 | 57 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,843 | 41 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,201 | 58 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,834 | 72 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,564 | 84 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,647 | 74 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,816 | 62 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,948 | 56 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,018 | 50 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,733 | 62 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,489 | 80 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,490 | 81 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,502 | 79 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,543 | 75 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,523 | 73 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,414 | 79 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,244 | 90 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,175 | 98 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,048 | 113 | — | |
| 1973 | #995 | 119 | — | |
| 1972 | #848 | 153 | — | |
| 1971 | #895 | 148 | — | |
| 1970 | #877 | 152 | — | |
| 1969 | #739 | 188 | — | |
| 1968 | #776 | 166 | — | |
| 1967 | #685 | 200 | — | |
| 1966 | #636 | 226 | — | |
| 1965 | #691 | 202 | — | |
| 1964 | #662 | 238 | — | |
| 1963 | #695 | 212 | — | |
| 1962 | #698 | 218 | — | |
| 1961 | #621 | 270 | — | |
| 1960 | #568 | 298 | — | |
| 1959 | #561 | 303 | — | |
| 1958 | #549 | 313 | — | |
| 1957 | #544 | 310 | — | |
| 1956 | #479 | 380 | — | |
| 1955 | #484 | 354 | — | |
| 1954 | #450 | 382 | — | |
| 1953 | #433 | 407 | — | |
| 1952 | #397 | 436 | — | |
| 1951 | #385 | 451 | — | |
| 1950 | #358 | 482 | — | |
| 1949 | #332 | 549 | — | |
| 1948 | #325 | 578 | — | |
| 1947 | #351 | 518 | — | |
| 1946 | #353 | 458 | — | |
| 1945 | #346 | 394 | — | |
| 1944 | #307 | 476 | — | |
| 1943 | #337 | 441 | — | |
| 1942 | #311 | 487 | — | |
| 1941 | #313 | 435 | — | |
| 1940 | #293 | 464 | — | |
| 1939 | #285 | 479 | — | |
| 1938 | #280 | 511 | — | |
| 1937 | #282 | 485 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #272 | 503 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #270 | 516 | — | |
| 1934 | #312 | 398 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #318 | 383 | — | |
| 1932 | #317 | 400 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | #332 | 368 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #322 | 421 | — | |
| 1929 | #319 | 422 | — | |
| 1928 | #327 | 417 | — | |
| 1927 | #311 | 459 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | #310 | 463 | — | |
| 1925 | #316 | 444 | — | |
| 1924 | #317 | 442 | — | |
| 1923 | #311 | 427 | — | |
| 1922 | #310 | 445 | — | |
| 1921 | #323 | 417 | — | |
| 1920 | #319 | 419 | — | |
| 1919 | #309 | 418 | — | |
| 1918 | #330 | 378 | — | |
| 1917 | #324 | 362 | — | |
| 1916 | #332 | 339 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #345 | 293 | — | |
| 1914 | #318 | 278 | — | |
| 1913 | #317 | 227 | — | |
| 1912 | #293 | 240 | — | |
| 1911 | #295 | 176 | — | |
| 1910 | #291 | 176 | — | |
| 1909 | #315 | 133 | — | |
| 1908 | #324 | 119 | — | |
| 1907 | #312 | 124 | — | |
| 1906 | #310 | 118 | — | |
| 1905 | #288 | 133 | — | |
| 1904 | #317 | 105 | — | |
| 1903 | #338 | 86 | — | |
| 1902 | #315 | 99 | — | |
| 1901 | #309 | 94 | — | |
| 1900 | #283 | 132 | — | |
| 1899 | #299 | 97 | — | |
| 1898 | #355 | 77 | — | |
| 1897 | #351 | 70 | — | |
| 1896 | #332 | 77 | — | |
| 1895 | #317 | 84 | — | |
| 1894 | #336 | 69 | — | |
| 1893 | #315 | 73 | — | |
| 1892 | #314 | 72 | — | |
| 1891 | #315 | 64 | — | |
| 1890 | #329 | 59 | — | |
| 1889 | #299 | 66 | — | |
| 1888 | #305 | 61 | — | |
| 1887 | #328 | 42 | — | |
| 1886 | #265 | 61 | — | |
| 1885 | #317 | 41 | — | |
| 1884 | #284 | 46 | — | |
| 1883 | #282 | 39 | — | |
| 1882 | #259 | 45 | — | |
| 1881 | #219 | 49 | — | |
| 1880 | #227 | 46 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Rosetta was already there! It came in at #227, and was given to 46 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2005, when fewer than 20 girls a year got the name.
Where Rosetta is popular in 1927
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#168 · 1 in 825
- Mississippi#181 · 1 in 845
- Arkansas#197 · 1 in 921
- Kentucky#199 · 1 in 1,012
- South Carolina#204 · 1 in 1,287
Best ever in a state: #76 in Delaware, 1933.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #168 | 40 | 1 in 825 |
| Mississippi | #181 | 28 | 1 in 845 |
| Arkansas | #197 | 22 | 1 in 921 |
| Kentucky | #199 | 29 | 1 in 1,012 |
| South Carolina | #204 | 17 | 1 in 1,287 |
| Florida | #211 | 15 | 1 in 1,057 |
| Maryland | #224 | 8 | 1 in 1,737 |
| Georgia | #225 | 21 | 1 in 1,556 |
| Indiana | #231 | 14 | 1 in 1,873 |
| Virginia | #234 | 15 | 1 in 1,731 |
| North Carolina | #235 | 24 | 1 in 1,632 |
| Tennessee | #246 | 16 | 1 in 1,747 |
| Kansas | #264 | 8 | 1 in 1,882 |
| New Jersey | #266 | 10 | 1 in 3,107 |
| Louisiana | #282 | 14 | 1 in 1,693 |
| Ohio | #286 | 19 | 1 in 2,894 |
| Pennsylvania | #296 | 24 | 1 in 3,829 |
| Iowa | #308 | 7 | 1 in 2,808 |
| Michigan | #309 | 13 | 1 in 3,221 |
| Oklahoma | #312 | 12 | 1 in 2,071 |
| Illinois | #326 | 17 | 1 in 3,477 |
| West Virginia | #346 | 7 | 1 in 2,909 |
| Missouri | #353 | 9 | 1 in 3,353 |
| New York | #384 | 19 | 1 in 5,305 |
| Texas | #415 | 22 | 1 in 2,753 |
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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 Rosetta
- 86 spots since 2024 (#3,335 → #3,249)
- 108 spots since 2020 (#3,141 → #3,249)
- 593 spots since 2015 (#3,842 → #3,249)
- Biggest jump: 56 spots in 1899 (#355 → #299)
- Biggest drop: 147 spots in 1973 (#848 → #995)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #219 (49 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 121 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 94 yrs · run 1880–1973
- Highest: 1 in 1,877 girls born in 1881 were named Rosetta (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 33,485 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 17.0% of all girls named Rosetta (4,800) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 496 | #219 (1881) | #279 |
| 1890s | 742 | #299 (1899) | #326 |
| 1900s | 1,143 | #283 (1900) | #311 |
| 1910s | 2,887 | #291 (1910) | #315 |
| 1920s | 4,355 | #310 (1926) | #316 |
| 1930s | 4,464 | #270 (1935) | #299 |
| 1940s | 4,800 | #293 (1940) | #327 |
| 1950s | 3,818 | #358 (1950) | #464 |
| 1960s | 2,218 | #568 (1960) | #677 |
| 1970s | 1,100 | #848 (1972) | #1,156 |
| 1980s | 700 | #1,489 (1982) | #1,704 |
| 1990s | 444 | #2,201 (1990) | #2,898 |
| 2000s | 314 | #3,216 (2000) | #4,464 |
| 2010s | 423 | #3,076 (2013) | #3,721 |
| 2020s | 257 | #3,141 (2020) | #3,592 |
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.
Rosetta in 1927
Top girls' names in 1927
Top boys' names in 1927
More about 1927
girls
1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 2,598 of them was named Rosetta, which outranked 94.4% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 187,819 of them was named Rosetta, which outranked 21.3% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,451York7
- #3,451Yvonne7
- #3,451Zaragoza7
- #3,780Rosetta6
- #3,780Adalbert6
- #3,780Adlai6
- #3,780Adolpho6
- #4,210Adair5
- #4,210Adams5
- #4,210Adin5
Tied with 429 names at #3,780; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.