Rosario
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- roh-SAH-ree-oh
- Origin
- Spanish
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,099 for girls
Rosario is a name of Spanish origin, meaning “rosary”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 2,099th for girls in the US (89 babies).
What does Rosario mean?
Spanish: from the Marian title Nuestra Señora del Rosario
“rosary”
Given in honour of Our Lady of the Rosary and used for both girls and boys.
Is Rosario a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Rosario has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 89 girls and 19 boys in the US.
How popular is Rosario in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2021, with 5 boys. 3 girls were also named Rosario in 2025 (5,990th for girls).
Rosario in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Rosario in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,099th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 89 about 1 in 18,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 89 girls in the US were named Rosario, making it the 2,099th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,416th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 175 girls. It first appears in the records in 1896. 19 boys were also named Rosario in 2025 (5,044th for boys).
2025 had more girls named Rosario than any year since 2012.
Half of all the girls named Rosario in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1911, 19% of the babies named Rosario in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 82%, with more girls than boys since 1938.
Rosario in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 89 | #2,099 |
| 2024 | 64 | #2,694 |
| 2023 | 69 | #2,555 |
| 2022 | 77 | #2,388 |
| 2021 | 78 | #2,327 |
| 2020 | 72 | #2,416 |
| 2019 | 71 | #2,482 |
| 2018 | 75 | #2,404 |
| 2017 | 70 | #2,530 |
| 2016 | 82 | #2,308 |
| 2015 | 69 | #2,590 |
| 2014 | 82 | #2,267 |
| 2013 | 87 | #2,152 |
| 2012 | 94 | #2,047 |
| 2011 | 117 | #1,748 |
| 2010 | 116 | #1,769 |
| 2009 | 145 | #1,556 |
| 2008 | 137 | #1,642 |
| 2007 | 100 | #2,034 |
| 2006 | 116 | #1,788 |
| 2005 | 133 | #1,539 |
| 2004 | 116 | #1,666 |
| 2003 | 116 | #1,651 |
| 2002 | 134 | #1,424 |
| 2001 | 120 | #1,539 |
| 2000 | 130 | #1,419 |
| 1999 | 167 | #1,162 |
| 1998 | 143 | #1,263 |
| 1997 | 165 | #1,131 |
| 1996 | 161 | #1,122 |
| 1995 | 138 | #1,232 |
| 1994 | 139 | #1,236 |
| 1993 | 175 | #1,047 |
| 1992 | 139 | #1,246 |
| 1991 | 156 | #1,134 |
| 1990 | 130 | #1,253 |
| 1989 | 113 | #1,351 |
| 1988 | 103 | #1,375 |
| 1987 | 78 | #1,590 |
| 1986 | 103 | #1,299 |
| 1985 | 111 | #1,232 |
| 1984 | 97 | #1,284 |
| 1983 | 118 | #1,132 |
| 1982 | 127 | #1,107 |
| 1981 | 134 | #1,060 |
| 1980 | 125 | #1,105 |
| 1979 | 144 | #989 |
| 1978 | 134 | #1,014 |
| 1977 | 133 | #1,009 |
| 1976 | 143 | #917 |
| 1975 | 125 | #984 |
| 1974 | 138 | #912 |
| 1973 | 132 | #929 |
| 1972 | 154 | #841 |
| 1971 | 114 | #1,057 |
| 1970 | 131 | #966 |
| 1969 | 131 | #929 |
| 1968 | 121 | #939 |
| 1967 | 119 | #935 |
| 1966 | 102 | #1,022 |
| 1965 | 140 | #840 |
| 1964 | 151 | #847 |
| 1963 | 137 | #894 |
| 1962 | 168 | #806 |
| 1961 | 156 | #845 |
| 1960 | 173 | #776 |
| 1959 | 152 | #832 |
| 1958 | 144 | #849 |
| 1957 | 134 | #880 |
| 1956 | 158 | #785 |
| 1955 | 138 | #820 |
| 1954 | 154 | #744 |
| 1953 | 152 | #740 |
| 1952 | 122 | #824 |
| 1951 | 111 | #851 |
| 1950 | 116 | #808 |
| 1949 | 101 | #871 |
| 1948 | 76 | #1,000 |
| 1947 | 93 | #919 |
| 1946 | 78 | #941 |
| 1945 | 60 | #994 |
| 1944 | 71 | #909 |
| 1943 | 73 | #907 |
| 1942 | 62 | #993 |
| 1941 | 63 | #924 |
| 1940 | 73 | #834 |
| 1939 | 50 | #996 |
| 1938 | 59 | #923 |
| 1937 | 54 | #940 |
| 1936 | 38 | #1,150 |
| 1935 | 41 | #1,084 |
| 1934 | 35 | #1,205 |
| 1933 | 24 | #1,513 |
| 1932 | 27 | #1,448 |
| 1931 | 28 | #1,393 |
| 1930 | 44 | #1,117 |
| 1929 | 26 | #1,525 |
| 1928 | 43 | #1,163 |
| 1927 | 43 | #1,172 |
| 1926 | 32 | #1,413 |
| 1925 | 40 | #1,225 |
| 1924 | 40 | #1,258 |
| 1923 | 20 | #1,944 |
| 1922 | 37 | #1,285 |
| 1921 | 34 | #1,374 |
| 1920 | 24 | #1,708 |
| 1919 | 31 | #1,393 |
| 1918 | 19 | #1,962 |
| 1917 | 26 | #1,470 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,368 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,963 |
| 1914 | 16 | #1,665 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,766 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,143 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,956 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,607 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,060 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,658 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,792 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
Nicknames for Rosario
- Charo
- Chayo
Names like Rosario
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Rosario
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rosario: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rosario, updated 20 October 2026.