Rosa

Meaning: Rose
Origin: Latin — Spanish/Italian form of Rose

Girl's name · #653 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Rosa holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#653 in 2025). About 177,000 girls have carried it along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 30 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#36 in Austria (2025) · #49 in Netherlands (2025) · #62 in N. Ireland (2025) · #86 in Scotland (2025) · #94 in Italy (2024) · #96 in England & Wales (2025) · #108 in Mexico (2024) · #133 in New Zealand (2025) · #138 in Ecuador (2025) · #153 in Slovenia (2025) · #165 in Belgium (2025) · #226 in Ireland (2025) and 8 more.

Famous Rosas

Rosa Luxemburg — Polish-German Marxist revolutionary (1871–1919)
Rosa Parks — American civil rights activist (1913–2005)
Rosa Bonheur — French artist (1822–1899)
Rosa Salazar — American actress (born 1985)
Rosa Mota — Portuguese marathon runner (born 1958)
Rosa Linn — Armenian musician (born 2000)
Rosa Montero — Spanish writer (born 1951)

In stories & tradition

Rosa Klebb — From Russia with Love (book)
Rosa Diaz — Brooklyn Nine-Nine (TV series)

What Rosas become

Among 2,007 notable people named Rosa:

Artists & writers appear 1.34× more often than among typical names — e.g. Rosa Bonheur, French artist (1822–1899).

Similar names: Johanna · Rosie · Liza · Alma · Myra · Nina

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