Rosita
Rosita was given to 42 girls in 2025, #3,633 among girls’ names; 6,726 Americans have been recorded with it since 1888 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 4,870 Americans named Rosita and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (72% of everyone recorded); the median is 58 years old and half are between 39 and 70.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Rosita by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Rosita mean?
Wiktionary, Dutch section
Rosita is “a female given name”
Probably borrowed from Spanish Rosita.
/ˌroːˈzi.taː/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Dutch section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Rosita?
#3,633 among girls’ names, 2025
Rosita rose from #5,797 in 2015 to #3,633 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 12.9 to 26.1 per million.
138 babies in 1966, the peak
Rosita peaked in 1966, when 138 girls were given it, #854 among girls’ names. The 42 births of 2025 are 30% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #3,633 | 26.1 |
| 2024 | 33 | #4,359 | 20.4 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,968 | 23.7 |
| 2022 | 37 | #4,026 | 22.6 |
| 2021 | 34 | #4,221 | 20.7 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,457 | 14.2 |
| 2019 | 34 | #4,249 | 20.3 |
| 2018 | 26 | #5,116 | 15.3 |
| 2017 | 34 | #4,293 | 19.7 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,255 | 14.7 |
Every recorded year (125)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 23 | #5,797 | 12.9 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,957 | 12.3 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,672 | 10.8 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,390 | 9.7 |
| 2011 | 18 | #7,064 | 10.2 |
| 2010 | 29 | #4,945 | 16.3 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,675 | 13.6 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,518 | 11.1 |
| 2007 | 50 | #3,368 | 26.0 |
| 2006 | 38 | #3,979 | 20.0 |
| 2005 | 33 | #4,246 | 17.9 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,714 | 12.0 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,370 | 12.6 |
| 2002 | 34 | #3,864 | 18.9 |
| 2001 | 34 | #3,847 | 18.9 |
| 2000 | 36 | #3,642 | 19.8 |
| 1999 | 27 | #4,279 | 15.2 |
| 1998 | 31 | #3,808 | 17.5 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,980 | 16.1 |
| 1996 | 36 | #3,284 | 20.5 |
| 1995 | 41 | #2,917 | 23.3 |
| 1994 | 39 | #3,023 | 21.8 |
| 1993 | 45 | #2,706 | 24.9 |
| 1992 | 40 | #2,959 | 21.7 |
| 1991 | 34 | #3,272 | 18.1 |
| 1990 | 39 | #2,940 | 20.5 |
| 1989 | 43 | #2,640 | 23.3 |
| 1988 | 50 | #2,265 | 28.1 |
| 1987 | 49 | #2,224 | 28.2 |
| 1986 | 43 | #2,371 | 25.1 |
| 1985 | 38 | #2,580 | 22.1 |
| 1984 | 58 | #1,860 | 34.4 |
| 1983 | 60 | #1,792 | 35.9 |
| 1982 | 67 | #1,701 | 39.6 |
| 1981 | 74 | #1,589 | 44.4 |
| 1980 | 75 | #1,568 | 45.2 |
| 1979 | 54 | #1,942 | 33.6 |
| 1978 | 54 | #1,856 | 35.3 |
| 1977 | 55 | #1,852 | 35.9 |
| 1976 | 66 | #1,545 | 45.0 |
| 1975 | 54 | #1,751 | 37.0 |
| 1974 | 63 | #1,549 | 42.9 |
| 1973 | 77 | #1,328 | 52.8 |
| 1972 | 79 | #1,301 | 51.9 |
| 1971 | 81 | #1,334 | 48.7 |
| 1970 | 100 | #1,163 | 57.2 |
| 1969 | 100 | #1,106 | 59.3 |
| 1968 | 93 | #1,113 | 56.7 |
| 1967 | 103 | #1,016 | 62.4 |
| 1966 | 138 | #854 | 81.6 |
| 1965 | 97 | #1,066 | 55.0 |
| 1964 | 118 | #981 | 62.3 |
| 1963 | 89 | #1,161 | 46.2 |
| 1962 | 129 | #937 | 65.6 |
| 1961 | 115 | #1,013 | 57.0 |
| 1960 | 117 | #997 | 57.9 |
| 1959 | 121 | #959 | 59.8 |
| 1958 | 129 | #904 | 64.1 |
| 1957 | 128 | #901 | 62.6 |
| 1956 | 111 | #961 | 55.3 |
| 1955 | 135 | #835 | 69.0 |
| 1954 | 125 | #844 | 64.4 |
| 1953 | 121 | #847 | 64.3 |
| 1952 | 131 | #788 | 70.6 |
| 1951 | 112 | #849 | 62.2 |
| 1950 | 115 | #816 | 67.1 |
| 1949 | 118 | #802 | 69.0 |
| 1948 | 106 | #851 | 62.4 |
| 1947 | 107 | #850 | 60.4 |
| 1946 | 82 | #924 | 52.2 |
| 1945 | 67 | #939 | 51.3 |
| 1944 | 73 | #898 | 55.0 |
| 1943 | 87 | #836 | 62.4 |
| 1942 | 89 | #813 | 65.9 |
| 1941 | 71 | #869 | 58.8 |
| 1940 | 61 | #923 | 53.3 |
| 1939 | 68 | #855 | 62.0 |
| 1938 | 73 | #828 | 66.2 |
| 1937 | 70 | #823 | 65.8 |
| 1936 | 67 | #825 | 64.4 |
| 1935 | 75 | #784 | 71.5 |
| 1934 | 60 | #887 | 57.5 |
| 1933 | 45 | #1,047 | 44.6 |
| 1932 | 45 | #1,066 | 42.2 |
| 1931 | 50 | #992 | 47.0 |
| 1930 | 54 | #1,011 | 48.0 |
| 1929 | 45 | #1,104 | 40.3 |
| 1928 | 40 | #1,219 | 34.7 |
| 1927 | 38 | #1,298 | 31.9 |
| 1926 | 34 | #1,382 | 28.7 |
| 1925 | 35 | #1,371 | 28.8 |
| 1924 | 43 | #1,223 | 34.4 |
| 1923 | 32 | #1,456 | 26.5 |
| 1922 | 31 | #1,501 | 25.8 |
| 1921 | 26 | #1,717 | 21.1 |
| 1920 | 28 | #1,579 | 23.4 |
| 1919 | 21 | #1,846 | 18.6 |
| 1918 | 24 | #1,679 | 20.7 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,525 | 12.0 |
| 1916 | 9 | #3,210 | 8.6 |
| 1915 | 16 | #2,034 | 16.3 |
| 1914 | 22 | #1,378 | 28.9 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,862 | 19.2 |
| 1912 | 13 | #1,604 | 23.3 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,636 | 23.9 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,503 | 27.7 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,932 | 20.2 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,489 | 28.3 |
| 1905 | 5 | #2,182 | 17.1 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,757 | 22.9 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,997 | 18.9 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,640 | 25.1 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,541 | 26.7 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,559 | 25.7 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,447 | 28.0 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Rosita a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Rosita has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 125 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Rosita: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Rosita, and how old are they?
4,870 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 72% of the 6,726 Americans ever recorded as Rosita. The median Rosita alive today is 58 years old; half are between 39 and 70.
The 2020 Census counted 8,679 people named Rosita (8,662 women and girls, 17 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 5,078 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.7 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 | 372 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,720 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,190 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 734 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 461 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 389 |
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 Rosita born?
The states with the most babies named Rosita are Texas, California and New York, with 71% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1,113 | not ranked | 2.5× |
| California | 850 | #2,059 | 1.4× |
| New York | 597 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Arizona | 252 | not ranked | 3.6× |
| New Mexico | 203 | not ranked | 4.8× |
| Illinois | 178 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Hawaii | 115 | not ranked | 4.3× |
| New Jersey | 81 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 69 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Florida | 36 | not ranked | 0.2× |
Where Rosita is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Rosita is most over-represented in New Mexico: since 1910 it was given 4.8 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 Rosita 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 2 names spelled alike, given to 34,931 babies since 1880, Rosita is the second most given (19% of them). In 2025 it was given to 42 of their 90 babies (47%), again the second 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 Rosita
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 Rosita and names like it
- Compare Rosita and RosettaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sRosita peaked in 1966.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Rosita since 1910.
- Dutch namesWiktionary’s origin for Rosita: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1966The year the most babies were named Rosita.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Rosita alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with RMost given first.