Rosa — #662 US girls' name
176,963 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.
More common than 96% of names given to girls today.
12% of everyone ever named Rosa was born in this single decade.
2,230 babies were named Rosa in 1925 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rosa
The Social Security Administration has registered 176,963 babies named Rosa between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rosa currently holds the #662 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 2,230 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rosa performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 20,791 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Rosa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 29,297 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Rosa in 45 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rosa in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 176,963 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Rosa at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Rosa popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1925)
- 2,230
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #662 among girls.
176,963 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1925 with 2,230 births in a single year.
Rosa popularity over time — boys
1,173 total births recorded since 1887 (Rosa as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Rosa accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Rosa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 20,791 births that decade — 12% of Rosa's all-time total
Rosa decade highlights
- Peak decade 20,791 births
- Runner-up 19,876 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Rosa's strongest decade
20,791 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 12% of all-time use.
Rosa by state
Where Rosa concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 29,297 | 16.6% |
| #2 | California | | 20,728 | 11.7% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 10,314 | 5.8% |
| #4 | South Carolina | | 9,953 | 5.6% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 9,353 | 5.3% |
| #6 | New York | | 8,286 | 4.7% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 6,354 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Florida | | 5,823 | 3.3% |
29,297 of 176,963 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 45 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 16.6% of nationwide
- California 11.7% of nationwide
- Georgia 5.8% of nationwide
- South Carolina 5.6% of nationwide
- North Carolina 5.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 45 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 16.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Rosa appears in 45 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.