Rosella
#2,326 for girls in 2025, 78 births · Last seen for boys in 1927 at #4,210
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1917 · 398 births
- Debut · girls
- 25 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 15,990since 1880
Rosella over time
Rank among girls' names. Rosella has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,326 | 78 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,303 | 80 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,269 | 81 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,995 | 55 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,674 | 64 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,631 | 64 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,784 | 60 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,841 | 59 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,713 | 63 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,326 | 48 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,533 | 44 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,226 | 50 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,703 | 41 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,464 | 46 | — | |
| 2011 | #4,915 | 28 | — | |
| 2010 | #4,397 | 33 | — | |
| 2009 | #4,196 | 36 | — | |
| 2008 | #5,750 | 24 | — | |
| 2007 | #4,567 | 32 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,685 | 30 | — | |
| 2005 | #5,999 | 20 | — | |
| 2004 | #5,555 | 22 | — | |
| 2003 | #5,092 | 24 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,444 | 21 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 | — | |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 | — | |
| 1999 | #6,191 | 16 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,123 | 20 | — | |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 | — | |
| 1995 | #4,518 | 22 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,817 | 27 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,983 | 21 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,645 | 23 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,687 | 21 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,260 | 26 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,005 | 19 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,866 | 31 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,903 | 19 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,859 | 28 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,838 | 28 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,287 | 21 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,052 | 23 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,835 | 25 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,019 | 40 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,022 | 39 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,625 | 57 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,120 | 38 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,102 | 36 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,575 | 53 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,702 | 45 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,882 | 37 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,575 | 50 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,559 | 53 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,403 | 63 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,383 | 64 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,465 | 58 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,385 | 63 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,184 | 81 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,266 | 70 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,289 | 67 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,210 | 74 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,034 | 94 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,164 | 73 | — | |
| 1953 | #968 | 97 | — | |
| 1952 | #878 | 110 | — | |
| 1951 | #863 | 108 | — | |
| 1950 | #751 | 132 | — | |
| 1949 | #791 | 119 | — | |
| 1948 | #796 | 117 | — | |
| 1947 | #645 | 166 | — | |
| 1946 | #651 | 147 | — | |
| 1945 | #618 | 138 | — | |
| 1944 | #605 | 147 | — | |
| 1943 | #590 | 163 | — | |
| 1942 | #565 | 171 | — | |
| 1941 | #521 | 178 | — | |
| 1940 | #477 | 200 | — | |
| 1939 | #447 | 226 | — | |
| 1938 | #449 | 223 | — | |
| 1937 | #443 | 220 | — | |
| 1936 | #408 | 247 | — | |
| 1935 | #392 | 268 | — | |
| 1934 | #411 | 255 | — | |
| 1933 | #389 | 275 | — | |
| 1932 | #379 | 295 | — | |
| 1931 | #366 | 309 | — | |
| 1930 | #344 | 363 | — | |
| 1929 | #363 | 335 | — | |
| 1928 | #362 | 360 | — | |
| 1927 | #337 | 392 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #321 | 426 | — | |
| 1925 | #348 | 377 | — | |
| 1924 | #320 | 435 | — | |
| 1923 | #335 | 382 | — | |
| 1922 | #323 | 410 | — | |
| 1921 | #318 | 425 | — | |
| 1920 | #322 | 406 | — | |
| 1919 | #328 | 374 | — | |
| 1918 | #313 | 420 | — | |
| 1917 | #307 | 398 | — | |
| 1916 | #307 | 387 | — | |
| 1915 | #311 | 357 | — | |
| 1914 | #343 | 237 | — | |
| 1913 | #320 | 225 | — | |
| 1912 | #333 | 186 | — | |
| 1911 | #335 | 140 | — | |
| 1910 | #357 | 123 | — | |
| 1909 | #335 | 117 | — | |
| 1908 | #324 | 119 | — | |
| 1907 | #329 | 112 | — | |
| 1906 | #328 | 106 | — | |
| 1905 | #374 | 83 | — | |
| 1904 | #337 | 93 | — | |
| 1903 | #345 | 84 | — | |
| 1902 | #375 | 72 | — | |
| 1901 | #342 | 80 | — | |
| 1900 | #341 | 94 | — | |
| 1899 | #430 | 46 | — | |
| 1898 | #348 | 79 | — | |
| 1897 | #393 | 55 | — | |
| 1896 | #420 | 47 | — | |
| 1895 | #384 | 53 | — | |
| 1894 | #355 | 61 | — | |
| 1893 | #422 | 41 | — | |
| 1892 | #365 | 53 | — | |
| 1891 | #430 | 34 | — | |
| 1890 | #446 | 33 | — | |
| 1889 | #439 | 30 | — | |
| 1888 | #394 | 38 | — | |
| 1887 | #412 | 28 | — | |
| 1886 | #459 | 22 | — | |
| 1885 | #380 | 29 | — | |
| 1884 | #385 | 27 | — | |
| 1883 | #366 | 25 | — | |
| 1882 | #431 | 18 | — | |
| 1881 | #491 | 12 | — | |
| 1880 | #317 | 25 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Rosella was already there! It came in at #317, and was given to 25 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1996–1997, when fewer than 17 girls a year got the name.
See more about Rosella
- 23 spots since 2024 (#2,303 → #2,326)
- 305 spots since 2020 (#2,631 → #2,326)
- 1,207 spots since 2015 (#3,533 → #2,326)
- Biggest jump: 89 spots in 1900 (#430 → #341)
- Biggest drop: 196 spots in 1954 (#968 → #1,164)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1917 at #307 (398 births)
- Births halved by 1941, 24 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 74 yrs · run 1880–1953
- Highest: 1 in 2,699 girls born in 1916 were named Rosella (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 20,606 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #307 in 1917, was only 1 in 2,717 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 24.7% of all girls named Rosella (3,948) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 254 | #317 (1880) | #407 |
| 1890s | 502 | #348 (1898) | #399 |
| 1900s | 960 | #324 (1908) | #343 |
| 1910s | 2,847 | #307 (1917) | #325 |
| 1920s | 3,948 | #318 (1921) | #335 |
| 1930s | 2,681 | #344 (1930) | #403 |
| 1940s | 1,546 | #477 (1940) | #626 |
| 1950s | 906 | #751 (1950) | #1,061 |
| 1960s | 522 | #1,383 (1962) | #1,603 |
| 1970s | 318 | #1,625 (1971) | #2,656 |
| 1980s | 203 | #2,866 (1980) | #4,140 |
| 1990s | 170 | #3,817 (1991) | #5,778 |
| 2000s | 239 | #4,196 (2009) | #5,505 |
| 2010s | 472 | #2,713 (2017) | #3,490 |
| 2020s | 422 | #2,269 (2023) | #2,533 |
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.
Rosella in 1927
Top girls' names in 1927
Top boys' names in 1927
More about 1927
girls
1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 3,042 of them was named Rosella, which outranked 94.0% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 225,383 of them was named Rosella, which outranked 12.3% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 592 names at #4,210; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.