Rosela — girls' name

What the Data Says About Rosela

The Social Security Administration has registered 56 babies named Rosela between 1919 and 1986, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rosela currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1986. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rosela performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Rosela shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Mexico, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rosela in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rosela 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 56 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.