Rosa

Boy · recorded 1887–2003

  • 2003last recorded
  • 1896best year

Most popular in 1896.

Last recorded in 2003. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Rosa.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1887

0305918871916194519742003

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 101 recorded years as a table
Rosa, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188749
189241
189345
189659
189956
190033
190147
190350
190638
191031
191127
191216
191314
191412
191512
19169
19179
191811
191917
192016
192115
19229
192315
192413
192513
192616
192714
192817
192922
193020
193113
193213
193325
193414
193514
193619
193716
193815
193912
19409
194112
19427
194310
19449
19455
19469
19477
19487
194910
19504
19516
19527
19538
19544
19555
19566
19578
19586
19595
19604
19614
19625
19635
19646
19655
19665
19676
19683
19698
19708
19716
197212
19736
19746
19754
19768
19775
19785
19796
19806
19818
198210
19838
19848
19859
198610
19876
19888
19896
19908
19915
19927
19933
19946
19955
19963
19973
19993
20003
20023
20035

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Rosa isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2003
10
Rank in 2003
#6,715
How rare
1 in 197,534 boys
Since 1887
1,173

Rosa was last recorded in 2003. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1896, at 59 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Rosa doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.