# Rosita (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rosita/  
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 | 6,726 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6,726 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 56, 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 | 18 | 7,067 |
| 2012 | 17 | 7,394 |
| 2013 | 19 | 6,676 |
| 2014 | 22 | 5,959 |
| 2015 | 23 | 5,799 |
| 2016 | 26 | 5,256 |
| 2017 | 34 | 4,294 |
| 2018 | 26 | 5,120 |
| 2019 | 34 | 4,250 |
| 2020 | 23 | 5,461 |
| 2021 | 34 | 4,225 |
| 2022 | 37 | 4,028 |
| 2023 | 38 | 3,970 |
| 2024 | 33 | 4,360 |
| 2025 | 42 | 3,634 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 5 | 2,683 |
| 1997 | 3 | 3,824 |
| 1999 | 3 | 3,900 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |
| 2003 | 5 | 3,099 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4,294 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,860 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Rosita

- Rosita Quintana, Argentine-born Mexican actress, singer and songwriter (1925-2021)
- Rosita Forbes, British writer and explorer
- Rosita Serrano, Chilean singer and actress
- Rosita Marstini, French-American actress and dancer (1887-1948)
- Rosita Quiroga, Argentine singer, lyricist and composer (1896–1984)
- Rosita Reijnhout, Dutch cyclist
- Corinne Luchaire, actress (1921-1950)
- Jeannette Young, Australian medical doctor and administrator

## 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.