Girls' name · peaked in 1881
Rosetta name popularity since 1925
20,782 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Rosetta. Half of them were born in 1948 or earlier, so the typical Rosetta is about 78 years old in 2026. Rosetta peaked in 1881 as the #220 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 20,782
- Named Rosetta, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1881
- #220 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #3,289 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 20,743 girls · 39 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 4.06× its national share
Peak year is the year Rosetta made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Rosetta births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1948. Measured as a share of all babies, Rosetta peaked earlier, in 1881.
- Steepest fall: Between 1949 and 1954, Rosetta's share of baby girls fell by 39%, from 1 in 3,120 to 1 in 5,080.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Rosetta's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Rosetta.
Decade by decade
Babies named Rosetta in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 2,205 | 6 | – |
| 1930s | 4,464 | 33 | #270 |
| 1940s | 4,800 | 0 | #346 |
| 1950s | 3,818 | 0 | #484 |
| 1960s | 2,218 | 0 | #693 |
| 1970s | 1,100 | 0 | #1,189 |
| 1980s | 700 | 0 | #1,970 |
| 1990s | 444 | 0 | #3,068 |
| 2000s | 314 | 0 | #6,488 |
| 2010s | 423 | 0 | #3,907 |
| 2020–25 | 257 | 0 | #3,289 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
38.7% of babies named Rosetta from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Rosetta is most popular
The index compares Rosetta's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Rosetta.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 4.06× | 864 |
| Alabama | 3.76× | 1,168 |
| Arkansas | 3.56× | 642 |
| South Carolina | 3.12× | 768 |
| West Virginia | 2.90× | 448 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Rosetta's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Rosetta.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Rosetta (1881).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data