# Rosella (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rosella/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 15,995 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 15,990 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 173, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 28 | 5,034 |
| 2012 | 46 | 3,516 |
| 2013 | 41 | 3,767 |
| 2014 | 50 | 3,265 |
| 2015 | 44 | 3,585 |
| 2016 | 48 | 3,369 |
| 2017 | 63 | 2,737 |
| 2018 | 59 | 2,859 |
| 2019 | 60 | 2,811 |
| 2020 | 64 | 2,653 |
| 2021 | 64 | 2,703 |
| 2022 | 55 | 3,024 |
| 2023 | 81 | 2,283 |
| 2024 | 80 | 2,324 |
| 2025 | 78 | 2,347 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1927 | 5 | 4,694 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2017 | 17 | 1,733 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,901 |
| 2019 | 11 | 2,286 |
| 2020 | 16 | 1,773 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,692 |
| 2022 | 18 | 1,621 |
| 2023 | 19 | 1,575 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,574 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,440 |

## People named Rosella

- Rosella Hightower, ballerina and ballet teacher (1920–2008)

## 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.