How rare is the name Rosetta?

11,741 people in the United States have the first name Rosetta, about 1 in 25,725. It ranks #2,228 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ROSETTA

#2,228

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,741
About
1 in 25,725
This common or more
79%
Who bears it

Of the 11,741 people named Rosetta, 53.5% reported their origin as Black, 39.3% as White and 3.1% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Rosetta peaked in 1948, when 578 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1948
Births that year
578
In 2025*
48 ▼92%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 28,205 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.

Rosetta by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #481. The largest share of babies named Rosetta, 28.5%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.

1880s#508496
1890s#525742
1900s#4811,143
1910s#5722,892
1920s#5944,361
1930s#5484,497
1940s#6154,800
1950s#8273,818
1960s#1,1822,218
1970s#1,8541,100
1980s#2,744700
1990s#4,621444
2000s#7,363314
2010s#6,334423
2020s#6,254257
Before 19014.9%
Greatest Generation 1901–2726.3%
Silent Generation 1928–4528.5%
Baby boom 1946–6425.4%
Generation X 1965–807.7%
Millennials 1981–963.4%
Generation Z 1997–121.9%
2013 and later2%

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 Rosetta is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rosetta has been most common in Mississippi (4×), Arkansas (3.7×), and Alabama (3.6×), and least common in Minnesota (0.17×).

21,961 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 Rosetta

#2,226 Tyrell · 11,752#2,227 Elba · 11,747#2,229 Gay · 11,736#2,230 Dani · 11,724

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,703 Rosita · 8,679#9,476 Rosette · 1,464#26,708 Rozetta · 347#47,514 Roseta · 137#49,815 Rozeta · 123

Also a last name

As a last name, Rosetta ranks #45,763 of 156,621, with 503 people. See Rosetta as a last name

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