Rosa

What Rosa means

Means “rose”

English Roman Borrowed from Latin rosa (“rose”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Rosa” (revision 93943291), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Rosa?

US: Steady: #626 in 2015, #652 now. England & Wales: Rising: up from #183 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1880, when 507 girls got the name (#52 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 3,645 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 539 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 365 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AR (0.85 per 1,000 girls), NE (0.85 per 1,000 girls), NC (0.47 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Rosa is #652 in the US and #96 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Rosa were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Raisa30 US · 34 E&W
• Rosy40 US · 11 E&W
• Roza20 US · 26 E&W
• Rosey26 US · 4 E&W
• Risa22 US
• Rossi16 US
• Rossy16 US
• Rysa15 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Rosa

Girls

• Sara#198Variant of Sarah, meaning “masters, princes”^*
• Amanda#493“to love”^*
• Laura#379“laurel tree”^*
• Monica#736Editor’s note Down from #559 in 2015 to #736 in 2025 in the US
• Priscilla#544“former, ancient, old-fashioned”^*
• Marina#601possibly “of the sea”^*

For a brother

• Martin#335“of or like Mars”^*
• Mark#244Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1960, with 58,727 babies; 1,416 in 2025
• Paul#262“small”^*
• Justin#233“just”^*
• Lawrence#518Editor’s note Down from #499 in 2015 to #518 in 2025 in the US
• Marcus#258Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1984, with 5,996 babies; 1,341 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Rosa’s. Rank is US 2025.