Rosa
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Rosa is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “rose”. In 2025 it ranked 95th for girls in the UK (551 babies) and 652nd for girls in the US (441 babies).
What does Rosa mean?
Latin: Latin, Spanish and Italian word
“rose”
The Latin, Spanish and Italian word for rose; civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks bore the name.
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Is Rosa a girl's or a boy's name?
Rosa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 551 girls in the UK and 441 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rosa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #95among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 551about 1 in 510 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.7%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 551 girls in the UK were named Rosa, making it the 95th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 144th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 553 girls.
Half of all the girls named Rosa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 580 girls in the UK were given Rosa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #102.
- Rosa 551
- Roza 29
Among girls in 2025, it was 96th in England and Wales, 86th in Scotland and 62nd in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2024 (#94).
Rosa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 551 | #95 |
| 2024 | 553 | #96 |
| 2023 | 528 | #104 |
| 2022 | 405 | #142 |
| 2021 | 410 | #142 |
| 2020 | 396 | #144 |
| 2019 | 397 | #146 |
| 2018 | 412 | #147 |
| 2017 | 375 | #165 |
| 2016 | 355 | #178 |
| 2015 | 367 | #167 |
| 2014 | 271 | #219 |
| 2013 | 284 | #201 |
| 2012 | 246 | #227 |
| 2011 | 242 | #236 |
| 2010 | 247 | #231 |
| 2009 | 221 | #242 |
| 2008 | 177 | #294 |
| 2007 | 178 | #293 |
| 2006 | 202 | #262 |
| 2005 | 129 | #343 |
| 2004 | 134 | #331 |
| 2003 | 103 | #395 |
| 2002 | 109 | #352 |
| 2001 | 99 | #372 |
| 2000 | 97 | #380 |
| 1999 | 96 | #378 |
| 1998 | 117 | #336 |
| 1997 | 85 | #422 |
| 1996 | 70 | #465 |
How popular is Rosa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #652among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 441about 1 in 3,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 441 girls in the US were named Rosa, making it the 652nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 630th. Its busiest year was 1925, with 2,230 girls.
Half of all the girls named Rosa in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 1973, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 461 girls in the US were given Rosa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #631, up from #652 for this spelling alone.
- Rosa 441
- Roza 20
Rosa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 441 | #652 |
| 2024 | 442 | #662 |
| 2023 | 441 | #668 |
| 2022 | 494 | #605 |
| 2021 | 451 | #660 |
| 2020 | 460 | #630 |
| 2019 | 450 | #646 |
| 2018 | 466 | #639 |
| 2017 | 443 | #665 |
| 2016 | 466 | #638 |
| 2015 | 456 | #626 |
| 2014 | 480 | #606 |
| 2013 | 437 | #647 |
| 2012 | 469 | #612 |
| 2011 | 469 | #617 |
| 2010 | 518 | #561 |
| 2009 | 626 | #492 |
| 2008 | 696 | #454 |
| 2007 | 742 | #435 |
| 2006 | 813 | #394 |
| 2005 | 776 | #407 |
| 2004 | 737 | #415 |
| 2003 | 787 | #385 |
| 2002 | 876 | #340 |
| 2001 | 938 | #331 |
| 2000 | 1,005 | #315 |
| 1999 | 983 | #314 |
| 1998 | 1,125 | #276 |
| 1997 | 967 | #297 |
| 1996 | 993 | #292 |
| 1995 | 1,008 | #271 |
| 1994 | 1,254 | #228 |
| 1993 | 1,257 | #220 |
| 1992 | 1,172 | #233 |
| 1991 | 1,150 | #241 |
| 1990 | 1,176 | #242 |
| 1989 | 1,138 | #242 |
| 1988 | 979 | #260 |
| 1987 | 970 | #261 |
| 1986 | 970 | #264 |
| 1985 | 1,011 | #252 |
| 1984 | 978 | #255 |
| 1983 | 1,047 | #236 |
| 1982 | 1,205 | #217 |
| 1981 | 1,226 | #213 |
| 1980 | 1,270 | #204 |
| 1979 | 1,152 | #227 |
| 1978 | 1,076 | #229 |
| 1977 | 1,090 | #229 |
| 1976 | 1,159 | #212 |
| 1975 | 1,208 | #202 |
| 1974 | 1,252 | #203 |
| 1973 | 1,260 | #205 |
| 1972 | 1,293 | #214 |
| 1971 | 1,377 | #221 |
| 1970 | 1,425 | #221 |
| 1969 | 1,439 | #216 |
| 1968 | 1,348 | #221 |
| 1967 | 1,327 | #221 |
| 1966 | 1,398 | #218 |
| 1965 | 1,408 | #226 |
| 1964 | 1,519 | #223 |
| 1963 | 1,510 | #222 |
| 1962 | 1,612 | #211 |
| 1961 | 1,649 | #209 |
| 1960 | 1,831 | #197 |
| 1959 | 1,799 | #198 |
| 1958 | 1,862 | #189 |
| 1957 | 2,080 | #181 |
| 1956 | 2,172 | #168 |
| 1955 | 2,049 | #168 |
| 1954 | 2,108 | #165 |
| 1953 | 2,022 | #161 |
| 1952 | 1,942 | #162 |
| 1951 | 1,956 | #160 |
| 1950 | 1,886 | #155 |
| 1949 | 1,924 | #155 |
| 1948 | 1,926 | #149 |
| 1947 | 1,801 | #167 |
| 1946 | 1,620 | #168 |
| 1945 | 1,576 | #147 |
| 1944 | 1,670 | #145 |
| 1943 | 1,681 | #154 |
| 1942 | 1,572 | #155 |
| 1941 | 1,477 | #154 |
| 1940 | 1,549 | #148 |
| 1939 | 1,494 | #151 |
| 1938 | 1,568 | #146 |
| 1937 | 1,440 | #152 |
| 1936 | 1,454 | #146 |
| 1935 | 1,600 | #137 |
| 1934 | 1,582 | #135 |
| 1933 | 1,645 | #132 |
| 1932 | 1,757 | #131 |
| 1931 | 1,633 | #138 |
| 1930 | 1,877 | #129 |
| 1929 | 1,887 | #129 |
| 1928 | 1,970 | #125 |
| 1927 | 2,109 | #124 |
| 1926 | 2,115 | #125 |
| 1925 | 2,230 | #125 |
| 1924 | 2,148 | #129 |
| 1923 | 2,050 | #129 |
| 1922 | 2,106 | #123 |
| 1921 | 1,977 | #131 |
| 1920 | 2,199 | #116 |
| 1919 | 2,189 | #110 |
| 1918 | 2,034 | #117 |
| 1917 | 1,829 | #121 |
| 1916 | 1,793 | #120 |
| 1915 | 1,793 | #116 |
| 1914 | 1,514 | #104 |
| 1913 | 1,366 | #101 |
| 1912 | 1,305 | #94 |
| 1911 | 1,022 | #91 |
| 1910 | 1,131 | #82 |
| 1909 | 959 | #87 |
| 1908 | 941 | #86 |
| 1907 | 924 | #82 |
| 1906 | 865 | #81 |
| 1905 | 922 | #79 |
| 1904 | 903 | #76 |
| 1903 | 911 | #74 |
| 1902 | 909 | #75 |
| 1901 | 845 | #75 |
| 1900 | 1,118 | #69 |
| 1899 | 765 | #77 |
| 1898 | 841 | #75 |
| 1897 | 770 | #74 |
| 1896 | 808 | #74 |
| 1895 | 832 | #71 |
| 1894 | 780 | #70 |
| 1893 | 790 | #70 |
| 1892 | 796 | #68 |
| 1891 | 729 | #65 |
| 1890 | 770 | #64 |
| 1889 | 707 | #66 |
| 1888 | 832 | #61 |
| 1887 | 659 | #60 |
| 1886 | 673 | #59 |
| 1885 | 623 | #58 |
| 1884 | 607 | #58 |
| 1883 | 507 | #60 |
| 1882 | 542 | #57 |
| 1881 | 500 | #53 |
| 1880 | 507 | #52 |
Nicknames for Rosa
- Rosie 1,589 girls in the UK in 2025
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