Rosario

#2,099 for girls in 2025, 89 births · #5,045 for boys in 2025, 19 births
Given to girls 66.2% of the time

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Peak · girls
#741
1953 · 152 births
Debut · girls
1896
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
10,974
since 1896

Rosario over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #741, 1953peak #486, 1917girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,09989#5,04519
2024#2,69464#4,89020
2023#2,55569#3,62931
2022#2,38877#5,44517
2021#2,32778#5,11018
2020#2,41672#4,27523
2019#2,48271#4,95119
2018#2,40475#4,91819
2017#2,53070#3,99326
2016#2,30882#5,31817
2015#2,59069#4,71120
2014#2,26782#5,73315
2013#2,15287#5,40416
2012#2,04794#4,25123
2011#1,748117#3,99425
2010#1,769116#6,03614
2009#1,556145#3,91926
2008#1,642137#4,14524
2007#2,034100#4,24323
2006#1,788116#3,68627
2005#1,539133#3,09133
2004#1,667116#3,07432
2003#1,652116#2,92233
2002#1,425134#2,75534
2001#1,540120#3,32126
2000#1,421130#2,92230
1999#1,164167#2,23141
1998#1,265143#2,34937
1997#1,133165#2,50232
1996#1,124161#2,21837
1995#1,235138#2,34633
1994#1,239139#2,04140
1993#1,049175#1,90743
1992#1,248139#1,84444
1991#1,137156#1,72547
1990#1,257130#2,08635
1989#1,354113#1,73344
1988#1,376103#1,84936
1987#1,59178#1,97431
1986#1,299103#1,76035
1985#1,232111#1,67237
1984#1,28497#1,84230
1983#1,132118#1,63136
1982#1,107127#1,65436
1981#1,060134#1,43344
1980#1,105125#1,44943
1979#989144#1,26053
1978#1,014134#1,45241
1977#1,009133#1,43141
1976#917143#1,15455
1975#984125#1,34542
1974#912138#1,37039
1973#929132#1,32939
1972#841154#1,21046
1971#1,057114#1,07058
1970#966131#1,17050
1969#929131#1,09750
1968#939121#1,06848
1967#935119#1,11744
1966#1,022102#1,13143
1965#840140#1,16342
1964#847151#1,26338
1963#894137#1,21541
1962#806168#1,20442
1961#845156#1,12149
1960#776173#1,35934
1959#832152#1,17244
1958#850144#1,06052
1957#881134#1,16544
1956#786158#1,25737
1955#821138#1,19839
1954#745154#1,15142
1953#741152#1,21438
1952#825122#1,34731
1951#852111#1,08344
1950#809116#1,23234
1949#872101#1,16337
1948#1,00176#1,04745
1947#92093#1,31631
1946#94278#1,17635
1945#99460#1,18031
1944#90971#1,07038
1943#90773#1,08839
1942#99362#1,11038
1941#92463#85055
1940#83473#1,00741
1939#99650#1,08535
1938#92359#88350
1937#94054#80758
1936#1,15038#90646
1935#1,08441#98042
1934#1,20535#1,03839
1933#1,51324#72171
1932#1,44827#78066
1931#1,39428#73370
1930#1,11744#68184
1929#1,52626#66884
1928#1,16343#61798
1927#1,17243#573116
1926#1,41432#601110
1925#1,22540#600110
1924#1,25840#589116
1923#1,94420#570120
1922#1,28537#614111
1921#1,37434#600111
1920#1,70824#63099
1919#1,39331#564112
1918#1,96319#556117
1917#1,47026#486140
1916#2,36813#537114
1915#1,96416#539107
1914#1,66516#60569
1913#1,76612#55261
1912#2,1448#54754
1911#1,9567#54830
1910—#72917
1909#1,6078#80413
1908—#71214
1907#2,0615#69914
1906—#70912
1905—#1,2335
1904#1,6596#9667
1903—#7839
1902#1,7935#1,0136
1901—#8587
1900—#1,1626
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First appearance
1896

The first year at least five girls were named Rosario! It came in at #1,583, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1896–1903, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Rosario
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 595 spots since 2024 (#2,694 → #2,099)
  • 317 spots since 2020 (#2,416 → #2,099)
  • 491 spots since 2015 (#2,590 → #2,099)
  • Biggest jump: 216 spots in 1972 (#1,057 → #841)
  • Biggest drop: 182 spots in 1966 (#840 → #1,022)
Rise & fade · girls
57 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1896
  • Peaked 1953 at #741 (152 births)
  • Births halved by 2015, 62 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 38 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1949–1965
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,878
  • Highest: 1 in 9,878 girls born in 1972 were named Rosario (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 18,059 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #741 in 1953, was only 1 in 12,377 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 13.8% of all girls named Rosario (1,513) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1938
  • Mostly boys until 1937, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s5#1,583 (1896)#1,583
1900s24#1,607 (1909)#1,780
1910s148#1,393 (1919)#1,854
1920s339#1,163 (1928)#1,407
1930s400#923 (1938)#1,177
1940s750#834 (1940)#930
1950s1,381#741 (1953)#814
1960s1,398#776 (1960)#883
1970s1,348#841 (1972)#962
1980s1,109#1,060 (1981)#1,254
1990s1,513#1,049 (1993)#1,185
2000s1,247#1,421 (2000)#1,626
2010s863#1,748 (2011)#2,230
2020s449#2,099 (2025)#2,413

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Rosario in 1955

girls
#821
138 births · 1 in 14,169 girls
boys
#1,198
39 births · 1 in 52,818 boys

Top girls' names in 1955

  1. #1Mary63,174
  2. #2Deborah52,318
  3. #3Linda51,300
  4. #4Debra50,563
  5. #5Susan47,418
  6. #6Patricia46,226
  7. #7Barbara33,617
  8. #8Karen33,217
  9. #9Nancy30,023
  10. #10Donna27,940
  11. #821Rosario138

Top boys' names in 1955

  1. #1Michael88,355
  2. #2David86,306
  3. #3James84,186
  4. #4Robert83,758
  5. #5John80,128
  6. #6William59,990
  7. #7Richard53,566
  8. #8Thomas45,855
  9. #9Mark42,255
  10. #10Steven37,847
  11. #1,198Rosario39
More about 1955

girls

1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 14,169 of them was named Rosario, which outranked 87.8% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rosario
  1. #818Dian140
  2. #818Tana140
  3. #820Marci139
  4. #821Rosario138
  5. #821Hilary138
  6. #821Lilly138
  7. #821Margery138
  8. #826Angeline137
  9. #826Corliss137
  10. #826Sherree137

Tied with 4 names at #821; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. ↑ 793Athena#1,505 → #712
  2. ↑ 675Desiree#984 → #309
  3. ↑ 661Roni#1,197 → #536
  4. ↑ 630Gisele#1,444 → #814
  5. ↑ 593Carmel#1,422 → #829
Fallers
  1. ↓ 514Valinda#806 → #1,320
  2. ↓ 378Elouise#969 → #1,347
  3. ↓ 287Veda#831 → #1,118
  4. ↓ 275Drema#978 → #1,253
  5. ↓ 264Brooke#965 → #1,229

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 52,818 of them was named Rosario, which outranked 72.8% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rosario
  1. #1,181Santo40
  2. #1,181Terance40
  3. #1,181Werner40
  4. #1,198Rosario39
  5. #1,198Alvie39
  6. #1,198Angus39
  7. #1,198Benson39
  8. #1,219Alphonzo38
  9. #1,219Amado38
  10. #1,219Blaise38

Tied with 20 names at #1,198; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. ↑ 808Davy#1,333 → #525
  2. ↑ 326Wyatt#985 → #659
  3. ↑ 323Moises#1,311 → #988
  4. ↑ 296Tad#1,068 → #772
  5. ↑ 286Rhett#1,122 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 738Rahn#908 → #1,646
  2. ↓ 415Ricci#739 → #1,154
  3. ↓ 321Meredith#952 → #1,273
  4. ↓ 309Michial#985 → #1,294
  5. ↓ 282Arvin#973 → #1,255

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1955 →