Rosa

Rosa was the #652 girls' name in the US in 2025 (441 babies), and #96 in England & Wales and #834 in Canada.

Rosa as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Rosa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandScotlandEngland & WalesIrelandUSCanada
Rosa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#652 (441)#96 (470)#86 (49)#62 (32)#226 (19)#834 (34)
2024#662 (442)#94 (486)#108 (40)#75 (27)#294 (14)#835 (34)
2023#668 (441)#105 (458)#106 (42)#72 (28)#226 (18)#749 (37)
2022#605 (494)#144 (341)#139 (31)#64 (33)#304 (14)#554 (51)
2021#660 (451)#152 (343)#117 (38)#75 (29)#258 (17)#560 (53)
2020#630 (460)#160 (314)#95 (45)#56 (37)#197 (23)#456 (65)
2019#646 (450)#154 (331)#144 (32)#66 (34)#296 (15)#592 (52)
2018#639 (466)#156 (339)#134 (36)#60 (37)#280 (16)#591 (51)
2017#665 (443)#172 (317)#169 (28)#77 (30)#260 (18)#478 (68)
2016#638 (466)#189 (290)#121 (40)#100 (25)#236 (20)#579 (53)
2015#626 (456)#183 (301)#182 (24)#53 (42)#291 (17)#674 (43)
2014#606 (480)#225 (229)#174 (27)#147 (15)#321 (15)#792 (35)
2013#647 (437)#204 (249)#213 (20)#135 (15)#399 (11)#918 (29)
2012#612 (469)#246 (206)#233 (20)#115 (20)#560 (7)#904 (29)
2011#617 (469)#245 (205)#181 (25)#168 (12)#465 (9)#1,056 (24)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1880 at #52.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,600 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 540common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 370common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 230common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 4,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Rosa is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,700 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,400 to 1 in 4,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Rosa by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #732WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #835MNIllinois: #709ILMichigan: #690MINew York: #567NYMassachusetts: #873MAOregon: #619ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #815INOhio: #483OHPennsylvania: #595PANew Jersey: #572NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #575CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #907CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #744KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #573VAMaryland: #731MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #546AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #578KSArkansas: #335ARTennessee: #497TNNorth Carolina: #489NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #633ALGeorgia: #645GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #581TXFlorida: #674FL
Rosa (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#64419

Rosa (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RosaCanadaGirls#83434
RosaCanadaBoys—too few
RosaEngland & WalesGirls#96470
RosaIrelandGirls#22619
RosaNorthern IrelandGirls#6232
RosaNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
RosaScotlandGirls#8649
RosaUSGirls#652441
RosaUSBoys—too few