Rosetta

#3,249 for girls in 2025, 48 births · Last seen for boys in 1937 at #2,479
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1881 · 49 births
Debut · girls
46 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
28,161
since 1880

Rosetta over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Rosetta has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201934peak #219, 1881girls
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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#3,24948
2024#3,33547
2023#3,98437
2022#4,04136
2021#3,80139
2020#3,14150
2019#3,13051
2018#4,07635
2017#3,30548
2016#3,41146
2015#3,84239
2014#3,27249
2013#3,07653
2012#3,85440
2011#5,06327
2010#4,18035
2009#3,87040
2008#4,26836
2007#4,80830
2006#4,16535
2005#6,24519
2004#4,38731
2003#4,66827
2002#4,90624
2001#4,10730
2000#3,21642
1999#3,97029
1998#2,39858
1997#3,89728
1996#3,42933
1995#3,02238
1994#2,50350
1993#2,41752
1992#2,29557
1991#2,84341
1990#2,20158
1989#1,83472
1988#1,56484
1987#1,64774
1986#1,81662
1985#1,94856
1984#2,01850
1983#1,73362
1982#1,48980
1981#1,49081
1980#1,50279
1979#1,54375
1978#1,52373
1977#1,41479
1976#1,24490
1975#1,17598
1974#1,048113
1973#995119
1972#848153
1971#895148
1970#877152
1969#739188
1968#776166
1967#685200
1966#636226
1965#691202
1964#662238
1963#695212
1962#698218
1961#621270
1960#568298
1959#561303
1958#549313
1957#544310
1956#479380
1955#484354
1954#450382
1953#433407
1952#397436
1951#385451
1950#358482
1949#332549
1948#325578
1947#351518
1946#353458
1945#346394
1944#307476
1943#337441
1942#311487
1941#313435
1940#293464
1939#285479
1938#280511
1937#282485#2,4799
1936#272503#3,1476
1935#270516
1934#312398#2,7428
1933#318383
1932#317400#3,7765
1931#332368#3,7635
1930#322421
1929#319422
1928#327417
1927#311459#3,7806
1926#310463
1925#316444
1924#317442
1923#311427
1922#310445
1921#323417
1920#319419
1919#309418
1918#330378
1917#324362
1916#332339#3,8975
1915#345293
1914#318278
1913#317227
1912#293240
1911#295176
1910#291176
1909#315133
1908#324119
1907#312124
1906#310118
1905#288133
1904#317105
1903#33886
1902#31599
1901#30994
1900#283132
1899#29997
1898#35577
1897#35170
1896#33277
1895#31784
1894#33669
1893#31573
1892#31472
1891#31564
1890#32959
1889#29966
1888#30561
1887#32842
1886#26561
1885#31741
1884#28446
1883#28239
1882#25945
1881#21949
1880#22746
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Rosetta was already there! It came in at #227, and was given to 46 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2005, when fewer than 20 girls a year got the name.

See more about Rosetta
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 86 spots since 2024 (#3,335#3,249)
  • 108 spots since 2020 (#3,141#3,249)
  • 593 spots since 2015 (#3,842#3,249)
  • Biggest jump: 56 spots in 1899 (#355#299)
  • Biggest drop: 147 spots in 1973 (#848#995)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #219 (49 births)
  • Births halved by 2002, 121 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 94 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 94 yrs · run 1880–1973
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,877
  • Highest: 1 in 1,877 girls born in 1881 were named Rosetta (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 33,485 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 17.0% of all girls named Rosetta (4,800) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s496#219 (1881)#279
1890s742#299 (1899)#326
1900s1,143#283 (1900)#311
1910s2,887#291 (1910)#315
1920s4,355#310 (1926)#316
1930s4,464#270 (1935)#299
1940s4,800#293 (1940)#327
1950s3,818#358 (1950)#464
1960s2,218#568 (1960)#677
1970s1,100#848 (1972)#1,156
1980s700#1,489 (1982)#1,704
1990s444#2,201 (1990)#2,898
2000s314#3,216 (2000)#4,464
2010s423#3,076 (2013)#3,721
2020s257#3,141 (2020)#3,592

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.

Rosetta in 1934

girls
#312
398 births · 1 in 2,624 girls
boys
#2,742
8 births · 1 in 129,075 boys

Top girls' names in 1934

  1. #1Mary56,929
  2. #2Betty31,089
  3. #3Barbara29,239
  4. #4Shirley22,841
  5. #5Dorothy21,281
  6. #6Patricia20,844
  7. #7Joan19,465
  8. #8Margaret15,144
  9. #9Helen14,100
  10. #10Nancy13,520
  11. #312Rosetta398

Top boys' names in 1934

  1. #1Robert55,843
  2. #2James54,270
  3. #3John46,743
  4. #4William40,175
  5. #5Richard33,167
  6. #6Donald30,408
  7. #7Charles29,790
  8. #8George18,500
  9. #9Thomas17,373
  10. #10Joseph17,111
  11. #2,742Rosetta8
More about 1934

girls

1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 2,624 of them was named Rosetta, which outranked 93.7% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rosetta
  1. #309Janis412
  2. #310Elinor409
  3. #311Arline408
  4. #312Rosetta398
  5. #313Helene397
  6. #314Adele396
  7. #315Leah395
Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. 571Luann#1,442#871
  2. 469Alison#1,442#973
  3. 439Golda#1,364#925
  4. 350Ronald#1,244#894
  5. 346Gale#1,102#756
Fallers
  1. 685Nira#463#1,148
  2. 342Vina#782#1,124
  3. 316Zita#947#1,263
  4. 299Myrtie#834#1,133
  5. 278Theola#985#1,263

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

boys

1,032,596 boys got a published name in 1934; 1 in 129,075 of them was named Rosetta, which outranked 34.8% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rosetta
  1. #2,563Wenzel9
  2. #2,563Westly9
  3. #2,563Windle9
  4. #2,742Rosetta8
  5. #2,742Adin8
  6. #2,742Agnes8
  7. #2,742Albion8
  8. #2,973Abbie7
  9. #2,973Agostino7
  10. #2,973Alcee7

Tied with 230 names at #2,742; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. 746Lanny#1,361#615
  2. 630Kerry#1,586#956
  3. 620Marland#1,456#836
  4. 404Kirk#1,202#798
  5. 350Valentin#1,281#931
Fallers
  1. 730Neville#995#1,725
  2. 616Garner#770#1,386
  3. 520Vivian#905#1,425
  4. 488Finis#869#1,357
  5. 464Malcom#961#1,425

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

See the top 100 for 1934