Girls' name · since 1943
Rosalita
Rosalita has 325 recorded births since 1943 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1944 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,260 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,065 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 325
- born since 1943
- 1940s
- peak decade
325 babies have been named Rosalita since 1943, making it today's #11065 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rosalita has been recorded 325 times among girls since 1943, currently ranked #11065 nationally and more common than 36% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1940s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1943 to 2025.
- #15,260 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,065 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 325 born since 1943
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rosalita ranks #15,260 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,065 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 325 born since 1943, peaking in the 1940s.
- #15,260 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,065 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 325
- born since 1943
- 1940s
- peak decade
Rosalita's 325 recorded births place it above 78.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New Mexico.
How Rosalita compares
325 47th percentile among 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
Rosalita's all-time total is 14% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rosalita | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 325 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 36 | 21 | 19,840 |
Rosalita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rosalita's full recorded timeline at 1963, 35% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 65% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1954, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1944 peak of 36 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rosalita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1943–2025
- Peak year (1944)
- 36
- Annual births at peak, across 83 years of records
Rosalita by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (128 births, 39% of the file).
1940s was Rosalita's strongest decade.
128 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Rosalita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
128 births
- 1950s
1950s
70 births
- 1960s 23
1960s
23 births
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s 26
2010s
26 births
- 2020s 44
2020s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 128 births (39% of all-time use).
Rosalita by state
Where Rosalita concentrates geographically, total births since 1943
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Mexico | | 6 | 1.8% |
6 of 325 births nationwide.
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What to do with Rosalita's data
- Rosalita's usage has stayed within range of its 1940s decade-level peak (128 total births) through the 2020s (44) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New Mexico records the most Rosalitas (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New Mexico 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 Rosalita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1944)
Similar record span (~82 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, 1943–2025 (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 Rosalita 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.