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Rosita

Gender
Girl
Say it
roh-SEE-ta
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#5,990 for girls
US rank, 2025
#3,576 for girls

Rosita is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “little rose”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 3,576th for girls in the US (42 babies).

What does Rosita mean?

Latin: Spanish diminutive of Rosa

“little rose”

A Spanish pet form of Rosa, from Latin rosa, 'rose'.

Is Rosita a girl's or a boy's name?

Rosita is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 42 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Rosita in the UK?

Rank in 2025
5,990th among girls
Babies in 2025
3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising fast up 300% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Rosita, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1996, with 5 girls.

Half of all the girls named Rosita in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 5 in 19962025
Rosita in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20253#5,990
20243#5,966
20233#5,929
20220–
20210–
20200–
20190–
20180–
20170–
20164#4,980
20150–
20141#7,592
20133#6,003
20125#4,390
20114#4,980
20100–
20090–
20085#4,065
20074#4,494
20060–
20053#4,976
20040–
20035#3,233
20020–
20010–
20003#4,074
19993#4,041
19980–
19973#3,991
19965#2,815

How popular is Rosita in the US?

Rank in 2025
3,576th among girls
Babies in 2025
42 about 1 in 38,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 36% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 42 girls in the US were named Rosita, making it the 3,576th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 1966, with 138 girls. It first appears in the records in 1888.

2025 had more girls named Rosita than any year since 2007.

Half of all the girls named Rosita in the US since 1880 were born between 1946 and 1980, the years shaded on the chart below.

1888Busiest: 138 in 19662025
Rosita in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202542#3,576
202433#4,293
202338#3,909
202237#3,961
202134#4,163
202023#5,310
201934#4,161
201826#5,003
201734#4,219
201626#5,129
201523#5,651
201422#5,795
201319#6,459
201217#7,140
201118#6,852
201029#4,859
200925#5,535
200821#6,347
200750#3,329
200638#3,918
200533#4,191
200422#5,551
200323#5,230
200234#3,806
200134#3,781
200036#3,586
199927#4,197
199831#3,727
199728#3,894
199636#3,232
199541#2,875
199439#2,983
199345#2,671
199240#2,915
199134#3,201
199039#2,895
198943#2,613
198850#2,246
198749#2,197
198643#2,343
198538#2,544
198458#1,837
198360#1,770
198267#1,684
198174#1,580
198075#1,552
197954#1,917
197854#1,841
197755#1,832
197666#1,535
197554#1,729
197463#1,532
197377#1,312
197279#1,289
197181#1,322
1970100#1,154
1969100#1,104
196893#1,110
1967103#1,011
1966138#849
196597#1,063
1964118#977
196389#1,158
1962129#934
1961115#1,012
1960117#992
1959121#958
1958129#899
1957128#901
1956111#955
1955135#833
1954125#840
1953121#840
1952131#784
1951112#845
1950115#813
1949118#799
1948106#848
1947107#847
194682#921
194567#925
194473#893
194387#832
194289#812
194171#865
194061#915
193968#848
193873#826
193770#819
193667#818
193575#779
193460#875
193345#1,038
193245#1,056
193150#984
193054#1,002
192945#1,094
192840#1,209
192738#1,278
192634#1,356
192535#1,347
192443#1,206
192332#1,428
192231#1,464
192126#1,668
192028#1,550
191921#1,801
191824#1,645
191713#2,427
19169#3,029
191516#1,963
191422#1,344
191312#1,766
191213#1,540
191110#1,545
191011#1,421
19097#1,763
19080–
19079#1,384
19060–
19055#1,930
19040–
19036#1,592
19025#1,792
19016#1,466
19008#1,430
18996#1,393
18980–
18970–
18960–
18950–
18940–
18930–
18920–
18910–
18900–
18890–
18885#1,276

Nicknames for Rosita

Names like Rosita

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Rosa, Diana, Maria, Rosanna, Francesca, Priscilla, Victoria, Aurora, Rebecca, Rosemary, Marina, Lucia

Names related to Rosita

Rosetta

More Latin names

Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara

Every Latin name

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, “Rosita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rosita, updated 20 October 2026.