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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201968peak #219, 1881girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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 1968

girls
#776
166 births · 1 in 9,882 girls

Top girls' names in 1968

  1. #1Lisa49,534
  2. #2Michelle33,223
  3. #3Kimberly31,906
  4. #4Jennifer26,853
  5. #5Melissa21,733
  6. #6Mary21,727
  7. #7Angela20,670
  8. #8Tammy20,058
  9. #9Karen19,560
  10. #10Susan19,503
  11. #776Rosetta166
More about 1968

girls

1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 9,882 of them was named Rosetta, which outranked 90.5% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rosetta
  1. #773Lanette168
  2. #773Larissa168
  3. #775Cassie167
  4. #776Rosetta166
  5. #776Elsie166
  6. #776Francesca166
  7. #779Cathryn165
  8. #779Lavonne165
  9. #779Nellie165

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. 3,132Coretta#3,656#524
  2. 1,257Tamika#1,980#723
  3. 1,150Tamiko#1,702#552
  4. 607Chantel#1,348#741
  5. 490Chantal#1,441#951
Fallers
  1. 602Wende#857#1,459
  2. 545Zina#959#1,504
  3. 341Evonne#970#1,311
  4. 294Portia#902#1,196
  5. 285Mariann#973#1,258

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

See the top 100 for 1968