Girls' name · since 1915
Rosalea
680 babies named Rosalea in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1926. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,691 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,528 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 680
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
680 babies have been named Rosalea since 1915, making it today's #7528 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rosalea has been recorded 680 times among girls since 1915, currently ranked #7528 nationally and more common than 56% 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 1915 to 2025.
- #9,691 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,528 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 680 born since 1915
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rosalea ranks #9,691 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,528 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 680 born since 1915, peaking in the 1920s.
- #9,691 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,528 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 680
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Rosalea's 680 recorded births place it above 86.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by West Virginia.
How Rosalea compares
680 Top 39% higher than 61% 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
Rosalea's all-time total is 81% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rosalea | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 680 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 21 | 19,840 |
Rosalea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rosalea's full recorded timeline at 1950, 40% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 60% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1915, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1926 peak of 22 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rosalea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (1926)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Rosalea by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (126 births, 19% of the file).
1920s was Rosalea's strongest decade.
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Rosalea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 33
1910s
33 births
- 1920s
1920s
126 births
- 1930s
1930s
123 births
- 1940s
1940s
125 births
- 1950s 46
1950s
46 births
- 1960s 15
1960s
15 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 27
2000s
27 births
- 2010s
2010s
95 births
- 2020s
2020s
70 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 126 births (19% of all-time use).
How Rosalea 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 Rosalea's total volume
Rosalea by state
Where Rosalea concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | West Virginia | | 16 | 2.4% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 6 | 0.9% |
| #3 | Kansas | | 5 | 0.7% |
16 of 680 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Rosalea's data
- Rosalea's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (126 total births) through the 2020s (70) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- West Virginia records the most Rosaleas (16 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. West Virginia 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 Rosalea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1926)
Similar record span (~110 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, 1915–2025 (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 Rosalea 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.