# Rosina (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rosina/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,574 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,574 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 549, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

An Italian pet form of Rosa borrowed in the nineteenth century, particularly from the character in Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville (1816).

## 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 | 18 | 7,066 |
| 2012 | 20 | 6,530 |
| 2013 | 22 | 5,972 |
| 2014 | 28 | 5,004 |
| 2015 | 23 | 5,798 |
| 2016 | 21 | 6,153 |
| 2017 | 11 | 9,810 |
| 2018 | 34 | 4,225 |
| 2019 | 23 | 5,585 |
| 2020 | 31 | 4,428 |
| 2021 | 33 | 4,309 |
| 2022 | 23 | 5,598 |
| 2023 | 29 | 4,723 |
| 2024 | 28 | 4,869 |
| 2025 | 21 | 5,874 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 25 | 1,269 |
| 2012 | 20 | 1,525 |
| 2013 | 16 | 1,774 |
| 2014 | 11 | 2,314 |
| 2015 | 13 | 2,070 |
| 2016 | 19 | 1,635 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,911 |
| 2018 | 24 | 1,343 |
| 2019 | 15 | 1,854 |
| 2020 | 13 | 2,042 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,673 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,346 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2,253 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,278 |

## People named Rosina

- Rosina Lawrence, American actress (1912-1997)
- Rosina Heikel, Finnish doctor (1842–1929)
- Rosina Bulwer Lytton, British writer (1802-1882)
- Rosina Dafter, Australian astronomer
- Rosina Emmet Sherwood, American painter (1854–1948)
- Rosina Wachtmeister, Austrian artist
- Rosina Schneeberger, Austrian alpine skier
- Althea Sherman, American ornithologist, artist and educator (1853–1943)

## 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.