Rosario
Rosario is given to both girls and boys: 89 girls and 19 boys were given it in 2025 (#2,114 among girls’ names and #5,160 among boys’, #3,375 among all names counting both); 16,585 Americans have been recorded with it since 1896 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026). Girls have outnumbered boys among babies named Rosario every year since 1938.
An estimated 11,800 Americans named Rosario and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (71% of everyone recorded); the median is 43 years old and half are between 25 and 61.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Rosario by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Rosario mean?
Wiktionary, Spanish section
Rosario is “a female given name” Its etymology gives the sense “rosary” (rosario).
rosario (“rosary”), shortened from María (del) Rosario, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as “Our Lady of the Rosary ”.
/roˈsaɾjo/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Spanish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Rosario?
#2,114 among girls’ names, 2025
Rosario rose from #2,615 in 2015 to #2,114 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 38.7 to 55.4 per million.
218 babies in 1993, the peak
Rosario peaked in 1993, when 218 babies were given it (175 girls, #1,050 among girls’ names). The 108 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 50% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 89 | #2,114 | 19 | #5,160 |
| 2024 | 64 | #2,717 | 20 | #5,020 |
| 2023 | 69 | #2,579 | 31 | #3,691 |
| 2022 | 77 | #2,399 | 17 | #5,586 |
| 2021 | 78 | #2,341 | 18 | #5,287 |
| 2020 | 72 | #2,436 | 23 | #4,392 |
| 2019 | 71 | #2,499 | 19 | #5,112 |
| 2018 | 75 | #2,415 | 19 | #5,066 |
| 2017 | 70 | #2,539 | 26 | #4,080 |
| 2016 | 82 | #2,319 | 17 | #5,510 |
Every recorded year (127)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 69 | #2,615 | 20 | #4,857 |
| 2014 | 82 | #2,288 | 15 | #5,930 |
| 2013 | 87 | #2,168 | 16 | #5,598 |
| 2012 | 94 | #2,060 | 23 | #4,358 |
| 2011 | 117 | #1,757 | 25 | #4,077 |
| 2010 | 116 | #1,781 | 14 | #6,301 |
| 2009 | 145 | #1,559 | 26 | #4,014 |
| 2008 | 137 | #1,652 | 24 | #4,235 |
| 2007 | 100 | #2,053 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 2006 | 116 | #1,794 | 27 | #3,756 |
| 2005 | 133 | #1,543 | 33 | #3,155 |
| 2004 | 116 | #1,679 | 32 | #3,137 |
| 2003 | 116 | #1,666 | 33 | #2,978 |
| 2002 | 134 | #1,430 | 34 | #2,806 |
| 2001 | 120 | #1,555 | 26 | #3,387 |
| 2000 | 130 | #1,422 | 30 | #2,973 |
| 1999 | 167 | #1,163 | 41 | #2,254 |
| 1998 | 143 | #1,269 | 37 | #2,381 |
| 1997 | 165 | #1,134 | 32 | #2,534 |
| 1996 | 161 | #1,128 | 37 | #2,241 |
| 1995 | 138 | #1,240 | 33 | #2,384 |
| 1994 | 139 | #1,242 | 40 | #2,069 |
| 1993 | 175 | #1,050 | 43 | #1,922 |
| 1992 | 139 | #1,249 | 44 | #1,873 |
| 1991 | 156 | #1,140 | 47 | #1,736 |
| 1990 | 130 | #1,259 | 35 | #2,115 |
| 1989 | 113 | #1,363 | 44 | #1,755 |
| 1988 | 103 | #1,380 | 36 | #1,871 |
| 1987 | 78 | #1,605 | 31 | #2,008 |
| 1986 | 103 | #1,301 | 35 | #1,785 |
| 1985 | 111 | #1,235 | 37 | #1,692 |
| 1984 | 97 | #1,291 | 30 | #1,877 |
| 1983 | 118 | #1,136 | 36 | #1,646 |
| 1982 | 127 | #1,116 | 36 | #1,671 |
| 1981 | 134 | #1,062 | 44 | #1,448 |
| 1980 | 125 | #1,106 | 43 | #1,467 |
| 1979 | 144 | #993 | 53 | #1,267 |
| 1978 | 134 | #1,021 | 41 | #1,468 |
| 1977 | 133 | #1,012 | 41 | #1,446 |
| 1976 | 143 | #920 | 55 | #1,161 |
| 1975 | 125 | #988 | 42 | #1,358 |
| 1974 | 138 | #916 | 39 | #1,385 |
| 1973 | 132 | #930 | 39 | #1,346 |
| 1972 | 154 | #847 | 46 | #1,226 |
| 1971 | 114 | #1,062 | 58 | #1,078 |
| 1970 | 131 | #968 | 50 | #1,176 |
| 1969 | 131 | #931 | 50 | #1,106 |
| 1968 | 121 | #945 | 48 | #1,080 |
| 1967 | 119 | #940 | 44 | #1,127 |
| 1966 | 102 | #1,030 | 43 | #1,144 |
| 1965 | 140 | #844 | 42 | #1,186 |
| 1964 | 151 | #849 | 38 | #1,283 |
| 1963 | 137 | #896 | 41 | #1,223 |
| 1962 | 168 | #811 | 42 | #1,211 |
| 1961 | 156 | #846 | 49 | #1,129 |
| 1960 | 173 | #778 | 34 | #1,379 |
| 1959 | 152 | #834 | 44 | #1,180 |
| 1958 | 144 | #854 | 52 | #1,067 |
| 1957 | 134 | #883 | 44 | #1,181 |
| 1956 | 158 | #787 | 37 | #1,281 |
| 1955 | 138 | #823 | 39 | #1,213 |
| 1954 | 154 | #746 | 42 | #1,164 |
| 1953 | 152 | #741 | 38 | #1,228 |
| 1952 | 122 | #829 | 31 | #1,374 |
| 1951 | 111 | #854 | 44 | #1,091 |
| 1950 | 116 | #810 | 34 | #1,251 |
| 1949 | 101 | #876 | 37 | #1,179 |
| 1948 | 76 | #1,006 | 45 | #1,059 |
| 1947 | 93 | #923 | 31 | #1,334 |
| 1946 | 78 | #942 | 35 | #1,192 |
| 1945 | 60 | #1,000 | 31 | #1,200 |
| 1944 | 71 | #915 | 38 | #1,083 |
| 1943 | 73 | #914 | 39 | #1,100 |
| 1942 | 62 | #996 | 38 | #1,116 |
| 1941 | 63 | #933 | 55 | #855 |
| 1940 | 73 | #840 | 41 | #1,018 |
| 1939 | 50 | #1,008 | 35 | #1,099 |
| 1938 | 59 | #929 | 50 | #895 |
| 1937 | 54 | #948 | 58 | #812 |
| 1936 | 38 | #1,164 | 46 | #914 |
| 1935 | 41 | #1,094 | 42 | #988 |
| 1934 | 35 | #1,218 | 39 | #1,054 |
| 1933 | 24 | #1,542 | 71 | #726 |
| 1932 | 27 | #1,484 | 66 | #784 |
| 1931 | 28 | #1,415 | 70 | #740 |
| 1930 | 44 | #1,125 | 84 | #684 |
| 1929 | 26 | #1,551 | 84 | #673 |
| 1928 | 43 | #1,175 | 98 | #619 |
| 1927 | 43 | #1,190 | 116 | #575 |
| 1926 | 32 | #1,439 | 110 | #602 |
| 1925 | 40 | #1,250 | 110 | #604 |
| 1924 | 40 | #1,277 | 116 | #592 |
| 1923 | 20 | #2,013 | 120 | #571 |
| 1922 | 37 | #1,306 | 111 | #615 |
| 1921 | 34 | #1,404 | 111 | #602 |
| 1920 | 24 | #1,745 | 99 | #634 |
| 1919 | 31 | #1,418 | 112 | #567 |
| 1918 | 19 | #2,021 | 117 | #560 |
| 1917 | 26 | #1,501 | 140 | #487 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,469 | 114 | #539 |
| 1915 | 16 | #2,033 | 107 | #540 |
| 1914 | 16 | #1,726 | 69 | #608 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,860 | 61 | #558 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,319 | 54 | #550 |
| 1911 | 7 | #2,157 | 30 | #559 |
| 1910 | under 5 | 17 | #750 | |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,738 | 13 | #834 |
| 1908 | under 5 | 14 | #739 | |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,338 | 14 | #730 |
| 1906 | under 5 | 12 | #746 | |
| 1905 | under 5 | 5 | #1,390 | |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,830 | 7 | #1,044 |
| 1903 | under 5 | 9 | #835 | |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,995 | 6 | #1,114 |
| 1901 | under 5 | 7 | #928 | |
| 1900 | under 5 | 6 | #1,281 | |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,771 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Rosario a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 16,585 Americans recorded as Rosario, 66% are girls and 34% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Rosario: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Rosario, and how old are they?
11,800 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 71% of the 16,585 Americans ever recorded as Rosario. The median Rosario alive today is 43 years old; half are between 25 and 61.
The 2020 Census counted 36,973 people named Rosario (31,699 women and girls, 5,274 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 11,911 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3.1 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 453 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,490 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,590 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,550 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,480 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,240 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Rosario born?
The states with the most babies named Rosario are California, Texas and Illinois, with 80% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 18 | #1,349 | 2.5× |
| Texas | 17 | #1,450 | 3.3× |
| Illinois | 5 | #1,587 | 0.6× |
| Florida | 5 | #2,422 | 0.3× |
| Washington | 5 | #1,215 | 0.1× |
Where Rosario is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Rosario is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 3.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Rosario with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 19,716 babies since 1880, Rosario is the most given (84% of them). In 2025 it was given to 108 of their 130 babies (83%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Rosario
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1890-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Carmen | 159,756 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Rosario and names like it
- Compare Rosario and RosariaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sRosario peaked in 1993.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Rosario since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Rosario: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1993The year the most babies were named Rosario.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Rosario alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with RMost given first.