Rosita — #4285 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Rosita

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,683 babies named Rosita between 1888 and 2024, spanning 137 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rosita currently holds the #4285 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1966, when 139 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rosita performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 1,227 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Rosita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,113 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Rosita in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rosita 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 6,683 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.