Rosita

#3,577 for girls in 2025, 42 births

Peak · girls
#779
1935 · 75 births
Debut · girls
1888
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,726
since 1888

Rosita over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Rosita has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201966peak #779, 1935girls
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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
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#3,57742
2024#4,29433
2023#3,91138
2022#3,96337
2021#4,16734
2020#5,31423
2019#4,16234
2018#5,00726
2017#4,22034
2016#5,13026
2015#5,65323
2014#5,79722
2013#6,46219
2012#7,14417
2011#6,85518
2010#4,86029
2009#5,53725
2008#6,35021
2007#3,32950
2006#3,91938
2005#4,19533
2004#5,55522
2003#5,23523
2002#3,81034
2001#3,78534
2000#3,59136
1999#4,20127
1998#3,73031
1997#3,89728
1996#3,23736
1995#2,88041
1994#2,98839
1993#2,67645
1992#2,92040
1991#3,20734
1990#2,90039
1989#2,61843
1988#2,25150
1987#2,19949
1986#2,34443
1985#2,54538
1984#1,83758
1983#1,77060
1982#1,68467
1981#1,58074
1980#1,55275
1979#1,91754
1978#1,84154
1977#1,83255
1976#1,53566
1975#1,72954
1974#1,53263
1973#1,31277
1972#1,28979
1971#1,32281
1970#1,154100
1969#1,104100
1968#1,11093
1967#1,011103
1966#849138
1965#1,06397
1964#977118
1963#1,15889
1962#934129
1961#1,012115
1960#993117
1959#959121
1958#900129
1957#902128
1956#956111
1955#834135
1954#841125
1953#841121
1952#785131
1951#846112
1950#814115
1949#800118
1948#849106
1947#848107
1946#92282
1945#92567
1944#89373
1943#83287
1942#81289
1941#86571
1940#91561
1939#84868
1938#82673
1937#81970
1936#81867
1935#77975
1934#87560
1933#1,03845
1932#1,05645
1931#98450
1930#1,00254
1929#1,09445
1928#1,21040
1927#1,27838
1926#1,35734
1925#1,34735
1924#1,20643
1923#1,42832
1922#1,46431
1921#1,66826
1920#1,55028
1919#1,80121
1918#1,64524
1917#2,42813
1916#3,0319
1915#1,96416
1914#1,34422
1913#1,76612
1912#1,54013
1911#1,54510
1910#1,42111
1909#1,7637
1908—
1907#1,3849
1906—
1905#1,9315
1904—
1903#1,5926
1902#1,7935
1901#1,4666
1900#1,4318
1899#1,3946
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1888#1,2765
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First appearance
1888

The first year at least five girls were named Rosita! It came in at #1,276, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1888–1898, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Rosita
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 717 spots since 2024 (#4,294 → #3,577)
  • 1,737 spots since 2020 (#5,314 → #3,577)
  • 2,076 spots since 2015 (#5,653 → #3,577)
  • Biggest jump: 214 spots in 1966 (#1,063 → #849)
  • Biggest drop: 224 spots in 1963 (#934 → #1,158)
Rise & fade · girls
47 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1935 at #779 (75 births)
  • Births halved by 1991, 56 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 31 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1934–1960
Share of babies · girls
1 in 12,262
  • Highest: 1 in 12,262 girls born in 1966 were named Rosita (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 38,268 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #779 in 1935, was only 1 in 13,981 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 18.3% of all girls named Rosita (1,228) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,276 (1888)#1,276
1890s6#1,394 (1899)#1,394
1900s46#1,384 (1907)#1,623
1910s151#1,344 (1914)#1,849
1920s352#1,094 (1929)#1,360
1930s607#779 (1935)#905
1940s861#800 (1949)#866
1950s1,228#785 (1952)#868
1960s1,099#849 (1966)#1,021
1970s683#1,154 (1970)#1,546
1980s557#1,552 (1980)#2,038
1990s360#2,676 (1993)#3,264
2000s316#3,329 (2007)#4,531
2010s248#4,162 (2019)#5,529
2020s207#3,577 (2025)#4,204

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.

Rosita in 1966

girls
#849
138 births · 1 in 12,262 girls

Top girls' names in 1966

  1. #1Lisa56,918
  2. #2Kimberly32,232
  3. #3Mary28,890
  4. #4Michelle27,159
  5. #5Karen25,450
  6. #6Susan23,776
  7. #7Patricia20,112
  8. #8Tammy18,621
  9. #9Angela18,532
  10. #10Jennifer18,215
  11. #849Rosita138
More about 1966

girls

1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 12,262 of them was named Rosita, which outranked 88.9% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rosita
  1. #843Marissa140
  2. #843Sherie140
  3. #848Lesli139
  4. #849Rosita138
  5. #849Amie138
  6. #849Brandi138
  7. #849Claudine138
  8. #856Alisha137
  9. #856Alyssa137
  10. #856Dolly137

Tied with 6 names at #849; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,121Tabatha#6,539 → #418
  2. ↑ 1,469Tabitha#1,993 → #524
  3. ↑ 1,325Joell#2,247 → #922
  4. ↑ 1,047Tatia#1,715 → #668
  5. ↑ 969Nichole#1,829 → #860
Fallers
  1. ↓ 398Barb#815 → #1,213
  2. ↓ 310Jewell#952 → #1,262
  3. ↓ 288Roxie#944 → #1,232
  4. ↓ 284Aretha#818 → #1,102
  5. ↓ 280Kecia#392 → #672

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

See the top 100 for 1966 →