Meaning not yet researched.
Rosa: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 441 in 2025. Its best rank was #52 in 1880.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #52 in 1880; #653 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Rosa in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#653 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1880, at #52.
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Rosa: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 441 girls in 2025. Peak: #52 in 1880 · most girls in one year: 2,230 (1925).
In 2025, 441 US girls were named Rosa, making it the 653rd most common girls’ name of the year, up 9 places from #662 in 2024. That is 1 fewer than the 442 girls named Rosa in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #52, reached in 1880. The most girls given the name in a single year was 2,230, in 1925. For comparison, it was #628 in 2015 and #155 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Rosa in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 507 babies with the name. In all, 178,588 US babies have been given the name, 99% of them girls and 0.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 20,957 babies named Rosa.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 4,554 US girls were named Rosa; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 494. In 2025 that was about 1 in 3,645 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Rosa ranked highest in Arkansas in 2025, at #365 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Rose (502,704 babies since 1880) and Rosita (6,726 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Roiza, Rozay and Rosaya are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Rose.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, French, Italian, Spanish and Swedish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Roiza (190), Rozay (95), Rosaya (17), Rozae (5), Rossa (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Rosa is listed as a nickname for Rosabel, Rosabella, Rosalinda, Rosalyn.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 25 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 9 | #365 | — |
| Nebraska | 6 | #387 | #492 |
| Ohio | 22 | #502 | #831 |
| North Carolina | 22 | #506 | #883 |
| Tennessee | 15 | #527 | #826 |
| Arizona | 12 | #568 | #830 |
| New York | 29 | #583 | #544 |
| California | 56 | #583 | #485 |
| Texas | 54 | #595 | #504 |
| Virginia | 13 | #602 | #764 |
| Pennsylvania | 17 | #611 | #782 |
| New Jersey | 13 | #612 | #771 |
| Georgia | 16 | #672 | #683 |
| Kansas | 5 | #673 | — |
| Florida | 25 | #689 | #1,111 |
| Alabama | 7 | #702 | — |
| Oregon | 5 | #713 | #663 |
| Michigan | 11 | #728 | #1,243 |
| Illinois | 13 | #739 | #908 |
| Washington | 8 | #796 | #589 |
| Maryland | 6 | #819 | #413 |
| Kentucky | 5 | #850 | #621 |
| Indiana | 7 | #901 | #671 |
| Minnesota | 5 | #969 | #855 |
| Massachusetts | 5 | #985 | #730 |
| Colorado | 5 | #1,025 | #753 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 441 | #653 | — | — |
| 2024 | 442 | #662 | — | — |
| 2023 | 441 | #669 | — | — |
| 2022 | 494 | #605 | — | — |
| 2021 | 451 | #662 | — | — |
| 2020 | 460 | #631 | — | — |
| 2019 | 450 | #649 | — | — |
| 2018 | 466 | #640 | — | — |
| 2017 | 443 | #665 | — | — |
| 2016 | 466 | #638 | — | — |
| 2015 | 456 | #628 | — | — |
| 2014 | 480 | #607 | — | — |
| 2013 | 437 | #649 | — | — |
| 2012 | 469 | #614 | — | — |
| 2011 | 469 | #618 | — | — |
| 2010 | 518 | #564 | — | — |
| 2009 | 626 | #492 | — | — |
| 2008 | 696 | #454 | — | — |
| 2007 | 742 | #436 | — | — |
| 2006 | 813 | #395 | — | — |
| 2005 | 776 | #407 | — | — |
| 2004 | 737 | #415 | — | — |
| 2003 | 787 | #388 | 10 | #7,139 |
| 2002 | 876 | #340 | 5 | #12,139 |
| 2001 | 938 | #331 | — | — |
| 2000 | 1,005 | #315 | 5 | #11,788 |
| 1999 | 983 | #315 | 6 | #9,654 |
| 1998 | 1,125 | #276 | — | — |
| 1997 | 967 | #297 | 5 | #10,502 |
| 1996 | 993 | #292 | 5 | #10,237 |
| 1995 | 1,008 | #271 | 9 | #6,313 |
| 1994 | 1,254 | #228 | 12 | #5,057 |
| 1993 | 1,257 | #220 | 5 | #9,890 |
| 1992 | 1,172 | #233 | 13 | #4,529 |
| 1991 | 1,150 | #241 | 11 | #5,030 |
| 1990 | 1,176 | #242 | 16 | #3,746 |
| 1989 | 1,138 | #242 | 13 | #4,229 |
| 1988 | 979 | #260 | 15 | #3,496 |
| 1987 | 970 | #261 | 11 | #4,188 |
| 1986 | 970 | #264 | 18 | #2,865 |
| 1985 | 1,011 | #252 | 16 | #3,052 |
| 1984 | 978 | #255 | 14 | #3,245 |
| 1983 | 1,047 | #236 | 14 | #3,200 |
| 1982 | 1,205 | #217 | 19 | #2,581 |
| 1981 | 1,226 | #213 | 15 | #3,001 |
| 1980 | 1,270 | #204 | 10 | #4,074 |
| 1979 | 1,152 | #227 | 10 | #4,022 |
| 1978 | 1,076 | #229 | 8 | #4,480 |
| 1977 | 1,090 | #229 | 8 | #4,498 |
| 1976 | 1,159 | #212 | 13 | #3,064 |
| 1975 | 1,208 | #204 | 7 | #4,691 |
| 1974 | 1,252 | #203 | 10 | #3,521 |
| 1973 | 1,260 | #205 | 10 | #3,404 |
| 1972 | 1,293 | #214 | 19 | #2,143 |
| 1971 | 1,377 | #221 | 10 | #3,317 |
| 1970 | 1,425 | #221 | 14 | #2,608 |
| 1969 | 1,439 | #216 | 14 | #2,397 |
| 1968 | 1,348 | #221 | 6 | #4,055 |
| 1967 | 1,327 | #221 | 11 | #2,581 |
| 1966 | 1,398 | #218 | 9 | #2,947 |
| 1965 | 1,408 | #226 | 10 | #2,745 |
| 1964 | 1,519 | #223 | 12 | #2,523 |
| 1963 | 1,510 | #222 | 10 | #2,822 |
| 1962 | 1,612 | #211 | 11 | #2,648 |
| 1961 | 1,649 | #209 | 9 | #3,059 |
| 1960 | 1,831 | #197 | 9 | #3,036 |
| 1959 | 1,799 | #198 | 10 | #2,788 |
| 1958 | 1,862 | #189 | 13 | #2,347 |
| 1957 | 2,080 | #181 | 17 | #2,005 |
| 1956 | 2,172 | #168 | 12 | #2,476 |
| 1955 | 2,049 | #168 | 10 | #2,724 |
| 1954 | 2,108 | #165 | 9 | #2,913 |
| 1953 | 2,022 | #161 | 16 | #2,026 |
| 1952 | 1,942 | #162 | 13 | #2,235 |
| 1951 | 1,956 | #160 | 11 | #2,475 |
| 1950 | 1,886 | #155 | 7 | #3,271 |
| 1949 | 1,924 | #155 | 18 | #1,811 |
| 1948 | 1,926 | #149 | 13 | #2,201 |
| 1947 | 1,801 | #167 | 12 | #2,340 |
| 1946 | 1,620 | #168 | 14 | #2,013 |
| 1945 | 1,576 | #147 | 7 | #2,952 |
| 1944 | 1,670 | #145 | 12 | #2,176 |
| 1943 | 1,681 | #154 | 14 | #2,060 |
| 1942 | 1,572 | #155 | 9 | #2,684 |
| 1941 | 1,477 | #154 | 15 | #1,887 |
| 1940 | 1,549 | #148 | 10 | #2,451 |
| 1939 | 1,494 | #151 | 13 | #2,039 |
| 1938 | 1,568 | #146 | 17 | #1,730 |
| 1937 | 1,440 | #152 | 17 | #1,740 |
| 1936 | 1,454 | #146 | 20 | #1,533 |
| 1935 | 1,600 | #137 | 15 | #1,903 |
| 1934 | 1,582 | #136 | 14 | #2,008 |
| 1933 | 1,645 | #132 | 25 | #1,354 |
| 1932 | 1,757 | #131 | 14 | #2,077 |
| 1931 | 1,633 | #138 | 14 | #2,086 |
| 1930 | 1,877 | #129 | 22 | #1,595 |
| 1929 | 1,887 | #129 | 24 | #1,517 |
| 1928 | 1,970 | #125 | 19 | #1,814 |
| 1927 | 2,109 | #124 | 16 | #2,112 |
| 1926 | 2,115 | #125 | 18 | #1,897 |
| 1925 | 2,230 | #125 | 15 | #2,169 |
| 1924 | 2,148 | #129 | 15 | #2,206 |
| 1923 | 2,050 | #130 | 16 | #2,106 |
| 1922 | 2,106 | #123 | 10 | #2,967 |
| 1921 | 1,977 | #131 | 16 | #2,133 |
| 1920 | 2,199 | #116 | 17 | #2,036 |
| 1919 | 2,189 | #110 | 17 | #1,958 |
| 1918 | 2,034 | #117 | 11 | #2,673 |
| 1917 | 1,829 | #121 | 8 | #3,161 |
| 1916 | 1,793 | #120 | 8 | #3,138 |
| 1915 | 1,793 | #116 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1914 | 1,514 | #104 | 8 | #2,601 |
| 1913 | 1,366 | #101 | 7 | #2,461 |
| 1912 | 1,305 | #94 | 7 | #2,231 |
| 1911 | 1,022 | #92 | 6 | #1,705 |
| 1910 | 1,131 | #83 | 6 | #1,556 |
| 1909 | 959 | #87 | — | — |
| 1908 | 941 | #86 | — | — |
| 1907 | 924 | #82 | — | — |
| 1906 | 865 | #82 | 5 | #1,385 |
| 1905 | 922 | #79 | — | — |
| 1904 | 903 | #76 | — | — |
| 1903 | 911 | #74 | 6 | #1,109 |
| 1902 | 909 | #75 | — | — |
| 1901 | 845 | #75 | 5 | #1,186 |
| 1900 | 1,118 | #69 | 5 | #1,471 |
| 1899 | 765 | #77 | 6 | #1,036 |
| 1898 | 841 | #75 | — | — |
| 1897 | 770 | #74 | — | — |
| 1896 | 808 | #74 | 7 | #966 |
| 1895 | 832 | #71 | — | — |
| 1894 | 780 | #70 | — | — |
| 1893 | 790 | #70 | 5 | #1,157 |
| 1892 | 796 | #68 | 5 | #1,224 |
| 1891 | 729 | #65 | — | — |
| 1890 | 770 | #64 | — | — |
| 1889 | 707 | #66 | — | — |
| 1888 | 832 | #62 | — | — |
| 1887 | 659 | #60 | 5 | #1,044 |
| 1886 | 673 | #59 | — | — |
| 1885 | 623 | #58 | — | — |
| 1884 | 607 | #58 | — | — |
| 1883 | 507 | #61 | — | — |
| 1882 | 542 | #57 | — | — |
| 1881 | 500 | #53 | — | — |
| 1880 | 507 | #52 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).