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
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 49 births
- Debut · girls
- 46 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 28,161since 1880
Rosetta over time
Rank among girls' names. Rosetta has never cracked the top 200 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 | #3,249 | 48 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,335 | 47 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,984 | 37 | — | |
| 2022 | #4,041 | 36 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,801 | 39 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,141 | 50 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,130 | 51 | — | |
| 2018 | #4,076 | 35 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,305 | 48 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,411 | 46 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,842 | 39 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,272 | 49 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,076 | 53 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,854 | 40 | — | |
| 2011 | #5,063 | 27 | — | |
| 2010 | #4,180 | 35 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,870 | 40 | — | |
| 2008 | #4,268 | 36 | — | |
| 2007 | #4,808 | 30 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,165 | 35 | — | |
| 2005 | #6,245 | 19 | — | |
| 2004 | #4,387 | 31 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,668 | 27 | — | |
| 2002 | #4,906 | 24 | — | |
| 2001 | #4,107 | 30 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,216 | 42 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,970 | 29 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,398 | 58 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,897 | 28 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,429 | 33 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,022 | 38 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,503 | 50 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,417 | 52 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,295 | 57 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,843 | 41 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,201 | 58 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,834 | 72 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,564 | 84 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,647 | 74 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,816 | 62 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,948 | 56 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,018 | 50 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,733 | 62 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,489 | 80 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,490 | 81 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,502 | 79 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,543 | 75 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,523 | 73 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,414 | 79 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,244 | 90 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,175 | 98 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,048 | 113 | — | |
| 1973 | #995 | 119 | — | |
| 1972 | #848 | 153 | — | |
| 1971 | #895 | 148 | — | |
| 1970 | #877 | 152 | — | |
| 1969 | #739 | 188 | — | |
| 1968 | #776 | 166 | — | |
| 1967 | #685 | 200 | — | |
| 1966 | #636 | 226 | — | |
| 1965 | #691 | 202 | — | |
| 1964 | #662 | 238 | — | |
| 1963 | #695 | 212 | — | |
| 1962 | #698 | 218 | — | |
| 1961 | #621 | 270 | — | |
| 1960 | #568 | 298 | — | |
| 1959 | #561 | 303 | — | |
| 1958 | #549 | 313 | — | |
| 1957 | #544 | 310 | — | |
| 1956 | #479 | 380 | — | |
| 1955 | #484 | 354 | — | |
| 1954 | #450 | 382 | — | |
| 1953 | #433 | 407 | — | |
| 1952 | #397 | 436 | — | |
| 1951 | #385 | 451 | — | |
| 1950 | #358 | 482 | — | |
| 1949 | #332 | 549 | — | |
| 1948 | #325 | 578 | — | |
| 1947 | #351 | 518 | — | |
| 1946 | #353 | 458 | — | |
| 1945 | #346 | 394 | — | |
| 1944 | #307 | 476 | — | |
| 1943 | #337 | 441 | — | |
| 1942 | #311 | 487 | — | |
| 1941 | #313 | 435 | — | |
| 1940 | #293 | 464 | — | |
| 1939 | #285 | 479 | — | |
| 1938 | #280 | 511 | — | |
| 1937 | #282 | 485 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #272 | 503 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #270 | 516 | — | |
| 1934 | #312 | 398 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #318 | 383 | — | |
| 1932 | #317 | 400 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | #332 | 368 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #322 | 421 | — | |
| 1929 | #319 | 422 | — | |
| 1928 | #327 | 417 | — | |
| 1927 | #311 | 459 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | #310 | 463 | — | |
| 1925 | #316 | 444 | — | |
| 1924 | #317 | 442 | — | |
| 1923 | #311 | 427 | — | |
| 1922 | #310 | 445 | — | |
| 1921 | #323 | 417 | — | |
| 1920 | #319 | 419 | — | |
| 1919 | #309 | 418 | — | |
| 1918 | #330 | 378 | — | |
| 1917 | #324 | 362 | — | |
| 1916 | #332 | 339 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #345 | 293 | — | |
| 1914 | #318 | 278 | — | |
| 1913 | #317 | 227 | — | |
| 1912 | #293 | 240 | — | |
| 1911 | #295 | 176 | — | |
| 1910 | #291 | 176 | — | |
| 1909 | #315 | 133 | — | |
| 1908 | #324 | 119 | — | |
| 1907 | #312 | 124 | — | |
| 1906 | #310 | 118 | — | |
| 1905 | #288 | 133 | — | |
| 1904 | #317 | 105 | — | |
| 1903 | #338 | 86 | — | |
| 1902 | #315 | 99 | — | |
| 1901 | #309 | 94 | — | |
| 1900 | #283 | 132 | — | |
| 1899 | #299 | 97 | — | |
| 1898 | #355 | 77 | — | |
| 1897 | #351 | 70 | — | |
| 1896 | #332 | 77 | — | |
| 1895 | #317 | 84 | — | |
| 1894 | #336 | 69 | — | |
| 1893 | #315 | 73 | — | |
| 1892 | #314 | 72 | — | |
| 1891 | #315 | 64 | — | |
| 1890 | #329 | 59 | — | |
| 1889 | #299 | 66 | — | |
| 1888 | #305 | 61 | — | |
| 1887 | #328 | 42 | — | |
| 1886 | #265 | 61 | — | |
| 1885 | #317 | 41 | — | |
| 1884 | #284 | 46 | — | |
| 1883 | #282 | 39 | — | |
| 1882 | #259 | 45 | — | |
| 1881 | #219 | 49 | — | |
| 1880 | #227 | 46 | — | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #219 (49 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 121 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 94 yrs · run 1880–1973
- 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%)
- 17.0% of all girls named Rosetta (4,800) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 496 | #219 (1881) | #279 |
| 1890s | 742 | #299 (1899) | #326 |
| 1900s | 1,143 | #283 (1900) | #311 |
| 1910s | 2,887 | #291 (1910) | #315 |
| 1920s | 4,355 | #310 (1926) | #316 |
| 1930s | 4,464 | #270 (1935) | #299 |
| 1940s | 4,800 | #293 (1940) | #327 |
| 1950s | 3,818 | #358 (1950) | #464 |
| 1960s | 2,218 | #568 (1960) | #677 |
| 1970s | 1,100 | #848 (1972) | #1,156 |
| 1980s | 700 | #1,489 (1982) | #1,704 |
| 1990s | 444 | #2,201 (1990) | #2,898 |
| 2000s | 314 | #3,216 (2000) | #4,464 |
| 2010s | 423 | #3,076 (2013) | #3,721 |
| 2020s | 257 | #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 1936
Top girls' names in 1936
Top boys' names in 1936
More about 1936
girls
1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 2,068 of them was named Rosetta, which outranked 94.4% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
- ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
- ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
- ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
- ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 172,868 of them was named Rosetta, which outranked 22.0% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,854Wood7
- #2,854Woodford7
- #2,854Zenas7
- #3,147Rosetta6
- #3,147Abelino6
- #3,147Acey6
- #3,147Adair6
- #3,549Abdon5
- #3,549Adger5
- #3,549Adlai5
Tied with 401 names at #3,147; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.