Rosario

Meaning: Rosary
Origin: Spanish — From a title of the Virgin Mary, Our Lady of the Rosary

Girl's name · #2114 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Rosario holds its lane: charted since 1896 and rarely far from where it stands today (#2114 in 2025). About 11,000 girls have carried it along the way.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 5 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#282 in Mexico (2024) · #943 in Ecuador (2025) · #5,927 in England & Wales (2025) · #3,453 in France (1990) · #522 in Ireland (1978).

Famous Rosarios

Rosario Dawson — American actress (born 1979)
Rosario Castellanos — Mexican writer (1925–1974)
Rosario Flores — Spanish singer and actress (born 1963)
Rosario Murillo — Co-President of Nicaragua since 2025 (born 1951)
Rosario Casas Dupuy — Colombian academic and former Soviet spy (born 1952)

In stories & tradition

Rosario Salazar — Will & Grace (TV series)
Rosario — Adventures in Babysitting (TV series)

What Rosarios become

Among 522 notable people named Rosario:

Scientists & scholars appear 1.31× more often than among typical names — e.g. Rosario María Gutiérrez Eskildsen, Mexican lexicographer, linguist, educator, and poet (1899–1979).

Similar names: Lourdes · Rosanna · Josefina · Rosalinda · Juana · Manuela

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