Rosetta
Rosetta was given to 48 girls in 2025, #3,289 among girls’ names; 28,205 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 11,900 Americans named Rosetta and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (42% of everyone recorded); the median is 70 years old and half are between 55 and 79.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Rosetta by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Rosetta mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Rosetta is “a female given name from Italian.”
Borrowed from Italian Rosetta. By surface analysis, Rose + -etta. Piecewise doublet of Rosette.
/ɹoʊˈzɛtə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Rosetta?
#3,289 among girls’ names, 2025
Rosetta rose from #3,906 in 2015 to #3,289 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 21.8 to 29.9 per million.
578 babies in 1948, the peak
Rosetta peaked in 1948, when 578 girls were given it, #325 among girls’ names. The 48 births of 2025 are 8% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | #3,289 | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 47 | #3,377 | 0.03 |
| 2023 | 37 | #4,028 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 36 | #4,093 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,866 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 50 | #3,174 | 0.03 |
| 2019 | 51 | #3,160 | 0.03 |
| 2018 | 35 | #4,130 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 48 | #3,340 | 0.03 |
| 2016 | 46 | #3,458 | 0.03 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 39 | #3,906 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 49 | #3,312 | 0.03 |
| 2013 | 53 | #3,115 | 0.03 |
| 2012 | 40 | #3,903 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,177 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 35 | #4,286 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 40 | #3,933 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 36 | #4,335 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 30 | #4,916 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 35 | #4,244 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,483 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 31 | #4,465 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,781 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 24 | #5,054 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 30 | #4,179 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 42 | #3,254 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 29 | #4,054 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 58 | #2,422 | 0.03 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,979 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 33 | #3,483 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 38 | #3,063 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 50 | #2,527 | 0.03 |
| 1993 | 52 | #2,439 | 0.03 |
| 1992 | 57 | #2,304 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 41 | #2,865 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 58 | #2,219 | 0.03 |
| 1989 | 72 | #1,842 | 0.04 |
| 1988 | 84 | #1,571 | 0.05 |
| 1987 | 74 | #1,657 | 0.04 |
| 1986 | 62 | #1,833 | 0.04 |
| 1985 | 56 | #1,969 | 0.03 |
| 1984 | 50 | #2,041 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 62 | #1,747 | 0.04 |
| 1982 | 80 | #1,505 | 0.05 |
| 1981 | 81 | #1,501 | 0.05 |
| 1980 | 79 | #1,514 | 0.05 |
| 1979 | 75 | #1,553 | 0.05 |
| 1978 | 73 | #1,533 | 0.05 |
| 1977 | 79 | #1,424 | 0.05 |
| 1976 | 90 | #1,249 | 0.06 |
| 1975 | 98 | #1,189 | 0.07 |
| 1974 | 113 | #1,053 | 0.08 |
| 1973 | 119 | #998 | 0.08 |
| 1972 | 153 | #852 | 0.10 |
| 1971 | 148 | #901 | 0.09 |
| 1970 | 152 | #879 | 0.09 |
| 1969 | 188 | #741 | 0.11 |
| 1968 | 166 | #778 | 0.10 |
| 1967 | 200 | #689 | 0.12 |
| 1966 | 226 | #638 | 0.13 |
| 1965 | 202 | #693 | 0.11 |
| 1964 | 238 | #662 | 0.13 |
| 1963 | 212 | #698 | 0.11 |
| 1962 | 218 | #700 | 0.11 |
| 1961 | 270 | #623 | 0.13 |
| 1960 | 298 | #571 | 0.15 |
| 1959 | 303 | #561 | 0.15 |
| 1958 | 313 | #550 | 0.16 |
| 1957 | 310 | #544 | 0.15 |
| 1956 | 380 | #479 | 0.19 |
| 1955 | 354 | #483 | 0.18 |
| 1954 | 382 | #449 | 0.20 |
| 1953 | 407 | #434 | 0.22 |
| 1952 | 436 | #396 | 0.24 |
| 1951 | 451 | #384 | 0.25 |
| 1950 | 482 | #357 | 0.28 |
| 1949 | 549 | #332 | 0.32 |
| 1948 | 578 | #325 | 0.34 |
| 1947 | 518 | #351 | 0.29 |
| 1946 | 458 | #353 | 0.29 |
| 1945 | 394 | #346 | 0.30 |
| 1944 | 476 | #308 | 0.36 |
| 1943 | 441 | #339 | 0.32 |
| 1942 | 487 | #313 | 0.36 |
| 1941 | 435 | #314 | 0.36 |
| 1940 | 464 | #293 | 0.41 |
| 1939 | 479 | #285 | 0.44 |
| 1938 | 511 | #280 | 0.46 |
| 1937 | 485 | #282 | 0.46 |
| 1936 | 503 | #272 | 0.48 |
| 1935 | 516 | #270 | 0.49 |
| 1934 | 398 | #312 | 0.38 |
| 1933 | 383 | #318 | 0.38 |
| 1932 | 400 | #318 | 0.37 |
| 1931 | 368 | #333 | 0.35 |
| 1930 | 421 | #322 | 0.37 |
| 1929 | 422 | #319 | 0.38 |
| 1928 | 417 | #327 | 0.36 |
| 1927 | 459 | #313 | 0.38 |
| 1926 | 463 | #310 | 0.39 |
| 1925 | 444 | #318 | 0.36 |
| 1924 | 442 | #318 | 0.35 |
| 1923 | 427 | #311 | 0.35 |
| 1922 | 445 | #310 | 0.37 |
| 1921 | 417 | #324 | 0.34 |
| 1920 | 419 | #319 | 0.35 |
| 1919 | 418 | #309 | 0.37 |
| 1918 | 378 | #331 | 0.33 |
| 1917 | 362 | #324 | 0.33 |
| 1916 | 339 | #333 | 0.32 |
| 1915 | 293 | #345 | 0.30 |
| 1914 | 278 | #318 | 0.37 |
| 1913 | 227 | #318 | 0.36 |
| 1912 | 240 | #294 | 0.43 |
| 1911 | 176 | #297 | 0.42 |
| 1910 | 176 | #292 | 0.44 |
| 1909 | 133 | #315 | 0.38 |
| 1908 | 119 | #325 | 0.36 |
| 1907 | 124 | #314 | 0.39 |
| 1906 | 118 | #311 | 0.40 |
| 1905 | 133 | #289 | 0.46 |
| 1904 | 105 | #318 | 0.38 |
| 1903 | 86 | #340 | 0.33 |
| 1902 | 99 | #317 | 0.37 |
| 1901 | 94 | #312 | 0.39 |
| 1900 | 132 | #286 | 0.44 |
| 1899 | 97 | #300 | 0.42 |
| 1898 | 77 | #358 | 0.30 |
| 1897 | 70 | #352 | 0.30 |
| 1896 | 77 | #333 | 0.32 |
| 1895 | 84 | #317 | 0.36 |
| 1894 | 69 | #337 | 0.31 |
| 1893 | 73 | #317 | 0.34 |
| 1892 | 72 | #319 | 0.34 |
| 1891 | 64 | #316 | 0.35 |
| 1890 | 59 | #330 | 0.31 |
| 1889 | 66 | #300 | 0.37 |
| 1888 | 61 | #307 | 0.34 |
| 1887 | 42 | #331 | 0.29 |
| 1886 | 61 | #268 | 0.42 |
| 1885 | 41 | #320 | 0.31 |
| 1884 | 46 | #284 | 0.36 |
| 1883 | 39 | #286 | 0.35 |
| 1882 | 45 | #261 | 0.42 |
| 1881 | 49 | #220 | 0.53 |
| 1880 | 46 | #230 | 0.51 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Rosetta a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Rosetta has been given almost only to girls: 44 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Rosetta: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Rosetta, and how old are they?
11,900 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 42% of the 28,205 Americans ever recorded as Rosetta. The median Rosetta alive today is 70 years old; half are between 55 and 79.
The 2020 Census counted 11,741 people named Rosetta (11,719 women and girls, 22 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 13,949 born in the U.S. The Census count is 16% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 2,420 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 5,400 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,990 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 922 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 525 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 574 |
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 Rosetta born?
The states with the most babies named Rosetta are Alabama, Illinois and Georgia, with 18% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Alabama is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 1,483 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| Illinois | 1,244 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Georgia | 1,183 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Mississippi | 1,134 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| North Carolina | 1,122 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| New York | 1,100 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Pennsylvania | 1,067 | #1,578 | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 1,036 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Virginia | 1,009 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| South Carolina | 976 | not ranked | 1.9× |
Where Rosetta is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Rosetta is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 2.3 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 Rosetta 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 4 names spelled alike, given to 35,887 babies since 1880, Rosetta is the most given (79% of them). In 2025 it was given to 48 of their 107 babies (45%), 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 Rosetta
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
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 Rosetta and names like it
- Compare Rosetta and RositaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sRosetta peaked in 1948.
- Alabama’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Rosetta since 1910.
- Italian namesWiktionary’s origin for Rosetta: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1948The year the most babies were named Rosetta.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Rosetta alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with RMost given first.