How common is the name Rosa?

254,275 people in the United States have the first name Rosa, about 1 in 1,188. It ranks #213 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ROSA

#213

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
254,275
About
1 in 1,188
This common or more
42.7%
Who bears it

Of the 254,275 people named Rosa, 84.3% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 8.2% as White and 5.7% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Rosa peaked in 1925, when 2,245 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1925
Births that year
2,245
In 2025*
441 ▼80%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 178,588 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Rosa by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #85. The largest share of babies named Rosa, 23.1%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#856,162
1890s#957,904
1900s#1069,318
1910s#18916,064
1920s#22520,957
1930s#26116,221
1940s#30316,920
1950s#32819,994
1960s#40015,142
1970s#40512,401
1980s#45710,939
1990s#51511,167
2000s#7588,016
2010s#1,2034,654
2020s#1,2582,729
Before 19018.5%
Greatest Generation 1901–2723.1%
Silent Generation 1928–4516.6%
Baby boom 1946–6419.9%
Generation X 1965–8011.6%
Millennials 1981–969.9%
Generation Z 1997–127%
2013 and later3.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Rosa is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rosa has been most common in South Carolina (4.5×), Texas (2.5×), and Georgia (2.4×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.08×).

150,460 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Rosa

#211 Joel · 256,017#212 Charlotte · 254,532#214 Evan · 254,255#215 Tina · 253,384

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rosa, most common first.

#283 Rose · 196,309#807 Ross · 59,341#4,860 Rosy · 3,693#5,964 Roza · 2,760#11,967 Rosi · 1,055#12,723 Rosia · 970#21,875 Ros · 460#29,690 Roja · 297

Also a last name

As a last name, Rosa ranks #1,007 of 156,621, with 34,111 people. See Rosa as a last name

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