How rare is the name Rosita?

8,679 people in the United States have the first name Rosita, about 1 in 34,800. It ranks #2,703 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ROSITA

#2,703

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,679
About
1 in 34,800
This common or more
80.6%
Who bears it

Of the 8,679 people named Rosita, 44.6% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 29.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 10.9% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Rosita peaked in 1966, when 138 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18882025
Peak year
1966
Births that year
138
In 2025*
42 ▼70%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,726 babies have been given the name since 1888. 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.

Rosita by decade

Among all names given to American babies, it ranked #1,516 in every decade from the 1940s to the 1950s. The largest share of babies named Rosita, 32.8%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1880s#3,1215
1890s#3,7106
1900s#2,77246
1910s#3,205151
1920s#2,413352
1930s#1,633607
1940s#1,516861
1950s#1,5161,228
1960s#1,7211,099
1970s#2,429683
1980s#3,181557
1990s#5,334360
2000s#7,329316
2010s#9,121248
2020s#7,224207
Before 19010.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–276.8%
Silent Generation 1928–4516.9%
Baby boom 1946–6432.8%
Generation X 1965–8019.2%
Millennials 1981–9611.2%
Generation Z 1997–126.9%
2013 and later5.8%

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 Rosita is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rosita has been most common in New Mexico (10×), Hawaii (10×), and Arizona (5.6×), and least common in Michigan (0.23×).

3,614 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 Rosita

#2,700 Pavel · 8,699#2,702 Alain · 8,688#2,704 Burton · 8,663#2,705 Merlin · 8,662

Spelled almost the same

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

#26,339 Rozita · 354#47,514 Roseta · 137

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