Rosita
#3,577 for girls in 2025, 42 births
- Peak · girls
- 1935 · 75 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,726since 1888
Rosita over time
Rank among girls' names. Rosita has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,577 | 42 |
| 2024 | #4,294 | 33 |
| 2023 | #3,911 | 38 |
| 2022 | #3,963 | 37 |
| 2021 | #4,167 | 34 |
| 2020 | #5,314 | 23 |
| 2019 | #4,162 | 34 |
| 2018 | #5,007 | 26 |
| 2017 | #4,220 | 34 |
| 2016 | #5,130 | 26 |
| 2015 | #5,653 | 23 |
| 2014 | #5,797 | 22 |
| 2013 | #6,462 | 19 |
| 2012 | #7,144 | 17 |
| 2011 | #6,855 | 18 |
| 2010 | #4,860 | 29 |
| 2009 | #5,537 | 25 |
| 2008 | #6,350 | 21 |
| 2007 | #3,329 | 50 |
| 2006 | #3,919 | 38 |
| 2005 | #4,195 | 33 |
| 2004 | #5,555 | 22 |
| 2003 | #5,235 | 23 |
| 2002 | #3,810 | 34 |
| 2001 | #3,785 | 34 |
| 2000 | #3,591 | 36 |
| 1999 | #4,201 | 27 |
| 1998 | #3,730 | 31 |
| 1997 | #3,897 | 28 |
| 1996 | #3,237 | 36 |
| 1995 | #2,880 | 41 |
| 1994 | #2,988 | 39 |
| 1993 | #2,676 | 45 |
| 1992 | #2,920 | 40 |
| 1991 | #3,207 | 34 |
| 1990 | #2,900 | 39 |
| 1989 | #2,618 | 43 |
| 1988 | #2,251 | 50 |
| 1987 | #2,199 | 49 |
| 1986 | #2,344 | 43 |
| 1985 | #2,545 | 38 |
| 1984 | #1,837 | 58 |
| 1983 | #1,770 | 60 |
| 1982 | #1,684 | 67 |
| 1981 | #1,580 | 74 |
| 1980 | #1,552 | 75 |
| 1979 | #1,917 | 54 |
| 1978 | #1,841 | 54 |
| 1977 | #1,832 | 55 |
| 1976 | #1,535 | 66 |
| 1975 | #1,729 | 54 |
| 1974 | #1,532 | 63 |
| 1973 | #1,312 | 77 |
| 1972 | #1,289 | 79 |
| 1971 | #1,322 | 81 |
| 1970 | #1,154 | 100 |
| 1969 | #1,104 | 100 |
| 1968 | #1,110 | 93 |
| 1967 | #1,011 | 103 |
| 1966 | #849 | 138 |
| 1965 | #1,063 | 97 |
| 1964 | #977 | 118 |
| 1963 | #1,158 | 89 |
| 1962 | #934 | 129 |
| 1961 | #1,012 | 115 |
| 1960 | #993 | 117 |
| 1959 | #959 | 121 |
| 1958 | #900 | 129 |
| 1957 | #902 | 128 |
| 1956 | #956 | 111 |
| 1955 | #834 | 135 |
| 1954 | #841 | 125 |
| 1953 | #841 | 121 |
| 1952 | #785 | 131 |
| 1951 | #846 | 112 |
| 1950 | #814 | 115 |
| 1949 | #800 | 118 |
| 1948 | #849 | 106 |
| 1947 | #848 | 107 |
| 1946 | #922 | 82 |
| 1945 | #925 | 67 |
| 1944 | #893 | 73 |
| 1943 | #832 | 87 |
| 1942 | #812 | 89 |
| 1941 | #865 | 71 |
| 1940 | #915 | 61 |
| 1939 | #848 | 68 |
| 1938 | #826 | 73 |
| 1937 | #819 | 70 |
| 1936 | #818 | 67 |
| 1935 | #779 | 75 |
| 1934 | #875 | 60 |
| 1933 | #1,038 | 45 |
| 1932 | #1,056 | 45 |
| 1931 | #984 | 50 |
| 1930 | #1,002 | 54 |
| 1929 | #1,094 | 45 |
| 1928 | #1,210 | 40 |
| 1927 | #1,278 | 38 |
| 1926 | #1,357 | 34 |
| 1925 | #1,347 | 35 |
| 1924 | #1,206 | 43 |
| 1923 | #1,428 | 32 |
| 1922 | #1,464 | 31 |
| 1921 | #1,668 | 26 |
| 1920 | #1,550 | 28 |
| 1919 | #1,801 | 21 |
| 1918 | #1,645 | 24 |
| 1917 | #2,428 | 13 |
| 1916 | #3,031 | 9 |
| 1915 | #1,964 | 16 |
| 1914 | #1,344 | 22 |
| 1913 | #1,766 | 12 |
| 1912 | #1,540 | 13 |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 |
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 |
| 1898 | — | |
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| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Rosita! It came in at #1,276, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1888–1898, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Rosita is popular in 1963
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arizona#300 · 1 in 1,505
- New Jersey#715 · 1 in 11,499
- Texas#736 · 1 in 7,656
- Illinois#784 · 1 in 12,391
- New York#917 · 1 in 16,327
Best ever in a state: #70 in Hawaii, 1935.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Arizona | #300 | 10 | 1 in 1,505 |
| New Jersey | #715 | 5 | 1 in 11,499 |
| Texas | #736 | 14 | 1 in 7,656 |
| Illinois | #784 | 8 | 1 in 12,391 |
| New York | #917 | 10 | 1 in 16,327 |
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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 Rosita
- 717 spots since 2024 (#4,294 → #3,577)
- 1,737 spots since 2020 (#5,314 → #3,577)
- 2,076 spots since 2015 (#5,653 → #3,577)
- Biggest jump: 214 spots in 1966 (#1,063 → #849)
- Biggest drop: 224 spots in 1963 (#934 → #1,158)
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1935 at #779 (75 births)
- Births halved by 1991, 56 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1934–1960
- Highest: 1 in 12,262 girls born in 1966 were named Rosita (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 38,268 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #779 in 1935, was only 1 in 13,981 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 18.3% of all girls named Rosita (1,228) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,276 (1888) | #1,276 |
| 1890s | 6 | #1,394 (1899) | #1,394 |
| 1900s | 46 | #1,384 (1907) | #1,623 |
| 1910s | 151 | #1,344 (1914) | #1,849 |
| 1920s | 352 | #1,094 (1929) | #1,360 |
| 1930s | 607 | #779 (1935) | #905 |
| 1940s | 861 | #800 (1949) | #866 |
| 1950s | 1,228 | #785 (1952) | #868 |
| 1960s | 1,099 | #849 (1966) | #1,021 |
| 1970s | 683 | #1,154 (1970) | #1,546 |
| 1980s | 557 | #1,552 (1980) | #2,038 |
| 1990s | 360 | #2,676 (1993) | #3,264 |
| 2000s | 316 | #3,329 (2007) | #4,531 |
| 2010s | 248 | #4,162 (2019) | #5,529 |
| 2020s | 207 | #3,577 (2025) | #4,204 |
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.
Rosita in 1963
Top girls' names in 1963
More about 1963
girls
1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 21,657 of them was named Rosita, which outranked 84.9% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,150Lory90
- #1,150Nicki90
- #1,150Toby90
- #1,158Rosita89
- #1,158Dalia89
- #1,158Gregory89
- #1,158Karlene89
- #1,163Dawne88
- #1,163Effie88
- #1,163Kristal88
Tied with 4 names at #1,158; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.