How rare is the name Rosalia?

13,538 people in the United States have the first name Rosalia, about 1 in 22,310. It ranks #2,023 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ROSALIA

#2,023

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,538
About
1 in 22,310
This common or more
78.2%
Who bears it

Of the 13,538 people named Rosalia, 74.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 18% as White and 5.3% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Rosalia peaked in 2023, when 517 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2023
Births that year
517
In 2025*
481 ▼7%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 10,664 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.

Rosalia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #1,168. The largest share of babies named Rosalia, 35.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#1,40780
1890s#1,210167
1900s#1,168243
1910s#1,395626
1920s#1,646678
1930s#2,068395
1940s#2,474355
1950s#2,480471
1960s#2,405577
1970s#2,403693
1980s#2,580762
1990s#3,296729
2000s#3,893803
2010s#3,0681,249
2020s#1,2242,836
Before 19012.6%
Greatest Generation 1901–2713.2%
Silent Generation 1928–456.6%
Baby boom 1946–648.6%
Generation X 1965–8010.1%
Millennials 1981–9611.2%
Generation Z 1997–1211.9%
2013 and later35.8%

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 Rosalia is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rosalia has been most common in California (2.8×), Texas (2.1×), and New York (2.1×), and least common in Tennessee (0.2×).

6,853 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.

Also a last name

As a last name, Rosalia ranks #92,231 of 156,621, with 214 people. See Rosalia as a last name

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