How rare is the name Rosella?

4,790 people in the United States have the first name Rosella, about 1 in 63,055. It ranks #4,047 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ROSELLA

#4,047

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,790
About
1 in 63,055
This common or more
83.5%
Who bears it

Of the 4,790 people named Rosella, 69.4% reported their origin as White, 12.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 10.7% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Rosella peaked in 1924, when 435 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1924
Births that year
435
In 2025*
78 ▼82%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 15,995 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.

Rosella by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #528. The largest share of babies named Rosella, 43.6%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#738254
1890s#635502
1900s#528960
1910s#5762,847
1920s#6243,953
1930s#7282,681
1940s#1,1041,546
1950s#1,773906
1960s#2,547522
1970s#3,939318
1980s#6,325203
1990s#9,056170
2000s#8,902239
2010s#5,872472
2020s#4,459422
Before 19015.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–2743.6%
Silent Generation 1928–4527.3%
Baby boom 1946–6411%
Generation X 1965–803.6%
Millennials 1981–961.8%
Generation Z 1997–122.5%
2013 and later4.9%

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 Rosella is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rosella has been most common in North Dakota (7.8×), South Dakota (5.2×), and Minnesota (5×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.12×).

9,977 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.

Exactly as common as Rosella

1 other first name also has 4,790 people.

#4,047 Shaniya · 4,790

Either side of Rosella

#4,045 Tae · 4,793#4,046 Vada · 4,791#4,047 Shaniya · 4,790#4,049 Alli · 4,789

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,023 Rosalia · 13,538#5,472 Roselia · 3,131#8,920 Roselle · 1,595#10,704 Rogelia · 1,230#14,066 Rozella · 844#14,685 Roshelle · 798#15,320 Roselee · 753#16,385 Rosely · 689

Also a last name

As a last name, Rosella ranks #90,184 of 156,621, with 220 people. See Rosella as a last name

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