# Rosetta (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rosetta/  
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 | Italian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ɹoʊˈzɛtə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 28,205 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 44 / 28,161 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 176, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Rosetta. By surface analysis, Rose + -etta. Piecewise doublet of Rosette.

## 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 | 27 | 5,179 |
| 2012 | 40 | 3,904 |
| 2013 | 53 | 3,116 |
| 2014 | 49 | 3,314 |
| 2015 | 39 | 3,907 |
| 2016 | 46 | 3,458 |
| 2017 | 48 | 3,340 |
| 2018 | 35 | 4,131 |
| 2019 | 51 | 3,161 |
| 2020 | 50 | 3,174 |
| 2021 | 39 | 3,868 |
| 2022 | 36 | 4,095 |
| 2023 | 37 | 4,030 |
| 2024 | 47 | 3,377 |
| 2025 | 48 | 3,289 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 5 | 4,402 |
| 1927 | 6 | 4,128 |
| 1931 | 5 | 4,233 |
| 1932 | 5 | 4,198 |
| 1934 | 8 | 2,920 |
| 1936 | 6 | 3,480 |
| 1937 | 9 | 2,642 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 2,893 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2013 | 12 | 2,176 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,945 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,367 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2018 | 11 | 2,340 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,325 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,504 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,695 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

## People named Rosetta

- Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American gospel musician (1915–1973)
- Rosetta LeNoire, American actress (1911–2002)

## 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.