# Rosa (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rosa/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “rose” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɹoʊzə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Rossy |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 178,588 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,173 / 177,415 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6,706, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rosa (“rose”).

## What it means

Rosa is grouped under rose.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 469 | 618 |
| 2012 | 469 | 614 |
| 2013 | 437 | 649 |
| 2014 | 480 | 607 |
| 2015 | 456 | 628 |
| 2016 | 466 | 638 |
| 2017 | 443 | 665 |
| 2018 | 466 | 640 |
| 2019 | 450 | 649 |
| 2020 | 460 | 631 |
| 2021 | 451 | 662 |
| 2022 | 494 | 605 |
| 2023 | 441 | 669 |
| 2024 | 442 | 662 |
| 2025 | 441 | 653 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 11 | 4,188 |
| 1988 | 15 | 3,496 |
| 1989 | 13 | 4,229 |
| 1990 | 16 | 3,746 |
| 1991 | 11 | 5,030 |
| 1992 | 13 | 4,529 |
| 1993 | 5 | 9,890 |
| 1994 | 12 | 5,057 |
| 1995 | 9 | 6,313 |
| 1996 | 5 | 10,237 |
| 1997 | 5 | 10,502 |
| 1999 | 6 | 9,654 |
| 2000 | 5 | 11,788 |
| 2002 | 5 | 12,139 |
| 2003 | 10 | 7,139 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 205 | 245 |
| 2012 | 206 | 246 |
| 2013 | 249 | 204 |
| 2014 | 229 | 225 |
| 2015 | 301 | 183 |
| 2016 | 290 | 189 |
| 2017 | 317 | 172 |
| 2018 | 339 | 156 |
| 2019 | 331 | 154 |
| 2020 | 314 | 160 |
| 2021 | 343 | 152 |
| 2022 | 341 | 144 |
| 2023 | 458 | 105 |
| 2024 | 486 | 94 |
| 2025 | 470 | 96 |

## People named Rosa

- Rosa Parks, civil rights activist
- Rosa Bonheur, French artist (1822-1899)
- Rosa Salazar, American actress (born 1985)
- Rosa Linn, Arminian singer-songwriter
- Rosa Ponselle, American operatic soprano (1897–1981)
- Rosa Mayreder, Austrian artist and writer (1858-1938)
- Rosa Smith Eigenmann, American ichthyologist (1858-1947)
- Rosa Albach-Retty, Austrian actress (1874–1980)
- Rosa Blasi, American actress (born 1972)
- Archduchess Rosa of Austria-Tuscany, Austrian Archduchess (1906–1983)
- Rosa May Billinghurst, British suffragist (1875-1953)
- Rosa Valetti, German actress, cabaret performer and singer (1876-1937)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.