Girls' name · since 1925
Rosalba
2,837 babies named Rosalba in U.S. Social Security records since 1925, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,733 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,425 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,837
- born since 1925
- 1980s
- peak decade
2,837 babies have been named Rosalba since 1925, making it today's #8425 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rosalba has been recorded 2,837 times among girls since 1925, currently ranked #8425 nationally and more common than 51% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1925 to 2025.
- #3,733 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,425 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,837 born since 1925
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rosalba ranks #3,733 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,425 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,837 born since 1925, peaking in the 1980s.
- #3,733 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,425 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,837
- born since 1925
- 1980s
- peak decade
Rosalba's 2,837 recorded births place it above 94.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Rosalba compares
2,837 Top 19% higher than 81% 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
Rosalba's all-time total is 8x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rosalba | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,837 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 101 | 21 | 19,840 |
Rosalba's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rosalba's SSA record in two at 1983 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1936, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1980 peak of 101, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rosalba popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–2025
- Peak year (1980)
- 101
- Annual births at peak, across 101 years of records
Rosalba by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (647 births, 23% of the file).
1980s was Rosalba's strongest decade.
647 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Rosalba births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 12
1920s
12 births
- 1930s 11
1930s
11 births
- 1940s 42
1940s
42 births
- 1950s 164
1950s
164 births
- 1960s
1960s
284 births
- 1970s
1970s
642 births
- 1980s
1980s
647 births
- 1990s
1990s
518 births
- 2000s
2000s
328 births
- 2010s 134
2010s
134 births
- 2020s 55
2020s
55 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 647 births (23% of all-time use).
How Rosalba 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 Rosalba's total volume
Rosalba by state
Where Rosalba concentrates geographically, total births since 1925
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,087 | 38.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 501 | 17.7% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 161 | 5.7% |
| #4 | New York | | 104 | 3.7% |
1,087 of 2,837 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Rosalba's data
- Rosalba's decade-level peak was the 1980s (647 total births); usage has since declined to 55 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Rosalbas (1,087 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Rosalba: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~100 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, 1925–2025 (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 Rosalba 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.