Girls' name · since 1880
Rosa
177,415 babies named Rosa in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #226 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #652 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 177,415
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
177,415 babies have been named Rosa since 1880, making it today's #652 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rosa has been recorded 177,415 times among girls since 1880, currently ranked #652 nationally and more common than 96% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #226 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #652 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 177,415 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rosa ranks #226 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #652 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 177,415 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #226 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #652 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 177,415
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Rosa's 177,415 recorded births place it above 99.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
45 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Rosa compares
177,415 Top 2% higher than 98% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Rosa's all-time total is 472x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rosa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 177,415 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 2,230 | 21 | 19,840 |
Rosa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rosa's full recorded timeline at 1953, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2013, with just 437 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1925 peak of 2,230 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rosa popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1925)
- 2,230
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Rosa popularity over time - boys
1,173 total births recorded since 1887 (Rosa as boys' name)
Rosa by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (20,791 births, 12% of the file).
1920s was Rosa's strongest decade.
20,791 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 12% of all-time use.
Rosa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 6,157
1880s
6,157 births
- 1890s 7,881
1890s
7,881 births
- 1900s
1900s
9,297 births
- 1910s
1910s
15,976 births
- 1920s
1920s
20,791 births
- 1930s
1930s
16,050 births
- 1940s
1940s
16,796 births
- 1950s
1950s
19,876 births
- 1960s
1960s
15,041 births
- 1970s
1970s
12,292 births
- 1980s
1980s
10,794 births
- 1990s
1990s
11,085 births
- 2000s 7,996
2000s
7,996 births
- 2010s 4,654
2010s
4,654 births
- 2020s 2,729
2020s
2,729 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 20,791 births (12% of all-time use).
How Rosa compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Rosa's total volume
Rosa by state
Where Rosa concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 29,352 | 16.5% |
| #2 | California | | 20,784 | 11.7% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 10,330 | 5.8% |
| #4 | South Carolina | | 9,954 | 5.6% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 9,375 | 5.3% |
| #6 | New York | | 8,316 | 4.7% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 6,367 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Florida | | 5,848 | 3.3% |
29,352 of 177,415 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 45 reporting states.
Rosa appears in 45 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Rosa's data
- Rosa's decade-level peak was the 1920s (20,791 total births); usage has since declined to 2,729 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Rosas (29,352 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Rosa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1925)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Rosa draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.