Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Rosa

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Rosa
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1925

Peak rank proxy

2,230

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19252024

Peak year

1925

Decline from peak

80.3%

2024

440

All-time

176,963

Rosa has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1925, when 2,230 girls were named Rosa.

In 2024, only 440 girls were given the name.

Down 80.3% from its peak.

All told, about 176,963 Americans have been named Rosa and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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