Rosa
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning rose; flower.
How Rosa has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #628 |
| 2016 | #640 |
| 2017 | #666 |
| 2018 | #640 |
| 2019 | #645 |
| 2020 | #631 |
| 2021 | #660 |
| 2022 | #605 |
| 2023 | #668 |
| 2024 | #663 |
| 2025 | #653 |
Rosa by the numbers
In 2025, 470 babies in England and Wales were named Rosa. In the US, 435 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 2,230 babies in 1925, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1880, about 1 in 190 American girls born that year was called Rosa.
Names that come from Rosa
Forms of Rosa in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Rosalinalittle rose; a form of Rosa166 in the US (2017)
- Rosellalittle rose; diminutive of Rosa11 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rosettalittle rose; a form of Rosa46 in the US (2017)
- Rosabellebeautiful rose; a form of Rosa and Belle8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rosaleenlittle rose; diminutive of Rosa33 in the US (2017)
- Rositalittle rose; diminutive of Rosa33 in the US (2017)
- Rosamariarose and beloved; combination of Rosa and Maria20 in the US (2017)
- Rosalearose; a form of Rosalie or Rosa14 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rosa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Rosethe rose flower; symbol of love666 in England and Wales (2025)
- Royadream20 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rosya form of rosa, the rose flower11 in England and Wales (2025)
- Romacitizen of Rome49 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ronarough island7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rozarose; diminutive of Rosa or Rozalia26 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a flower
Like Rosa, each of these has a flower in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Chloegreen shoot, blooming6,920 in the US (2017)
- Lilythe lily flower; purity2,249 in England and Wales (2025)
- Violetthe violet flower; purple1,061 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leilaniheavenly flower2,264 in the US (2017)
- Jasminejasmine flower; gift from god455 in England and Wales (2025)
- Florenceflourishing, in bloom1,924 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a rose
Like Rosa, each of these has a rose in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rosierose; from Rose1,343 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rosalierose; form of Rosa with -lie suffix1,339 in the US (2017)
- Roselynrose flower; a form of Roselyn or Rose437 in the US (2017)
- Rosalynrose; form of Rosalind or Rosalynn294 in the US (2017)
- Primrosefirst rose; early spring flower259 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rosaleerose; a form of Rose or Rosalie253 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Rosa
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