Rosa

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Rosa: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Rosa: Recorded since 1945, it reached #53 in 2015, and it stood at #226 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
139times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#53highest recorded position
22groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#459
1997	#387
1998	#328
1999	#367
2000	#368
2001	#381
2002	#353
2003	#394
2004	#331
2005	#354
2006	#263
2007	#291
2008	#311
2009	#250
2010	#238
2011	#245
2012	#246
2013	#204
2014	#225
2015	#183
2016	#189
2017	#172
2018	#156
2019	#154
2020	#160
2021	#152
2022	#144
2023	#105
2024	#94

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 50 of the 79 years from 1945 to 2023.

In 2024: #75 among girls in Northern Ireland, #94 among girls in England and Wales, #108 among girls in Scotland, #294 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #334 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded2001–2024
Highest recorded position: #53 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2015 (recorded 2001–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #226 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Rosa appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 50 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 335 births with the name.

Rosa across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Rosa's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#334 (1945)	#280 (1948)	#452 (2023)	50 of 79	335 (1945–2023)	13 (1968)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#447 (1970)	#197 (2020)	#226 (2025)	35 of 56	381 (1970–2025)	23 (2020)
England and Wales · Girls	#459 (1996)	#94 (2024)	#94 (2024)	29 of 29	6,236 (1996–2024)	486 (2024)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#267 (2001)	#53 (2015)	#75 (2024)	24 of 24	466 (2001–2024)	42 (2015)

Rosa by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Rosa in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	23	3 of 10	8
1950s	51	8 of 10	6
1960s	67	9 of 10	7
1970sbusiest	64	8 of 10	8
1980s	52	8 of 10	7
1990s	46	8 of 10	6
2000s	11	2 of 10	6
2010s	10	2 of 10	5
2020s	11	2 of 10	6

Across Norway · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Rosa appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #53 in Northern Ireland in 2015.

Rosa's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#94	486	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#105	458	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#144	341	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#152	343	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#160	314	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#154	331	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#156	339	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#172	317	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#189	290	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#183	301	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#225	229	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#204	249	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#246	206	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#245	205	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#238	208	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#250	193	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#311	150	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#291	162	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#263	179	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#354	113	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#331	117	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#394	92	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#353	99	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#381	84	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#368	89	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#367	88	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#328	108	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#387	82	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#459	63	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#75	27	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#72	28	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#64	33	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#75	29	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#56	37	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#66	34	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#60	37	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#77	30	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#100	25	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#53	42	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#147	15	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#135	15	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#115	20	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#168	12	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#130	18	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#164	12	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#198	10	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#245	7	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#219	8	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#278	5	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#212	7	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#202	7	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#339	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#267	5	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#452	6	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#459	5	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#525	4	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#476	6	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#494	7	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#594	4	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#441	8	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#518	6	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#632	4	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#597	5	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#598	5	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#597	5	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#444	9	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#679	4	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#539	7	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#580	6	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#668	4	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#632	5	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#551	6	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#511	7	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#362	11	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#537	6	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#580	5	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#388	10	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#481	7	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#469	7	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#333	12	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#407	9	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#386	9	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#556	5	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#579	4	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#298	13	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#402	8	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#472	6	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#328	10	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#406	7	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#353	8	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#412	6	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#449	5	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#341	8	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#472	4	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#331	8	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#364	7	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#407	5	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#381	6	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#354	7	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#349	6	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#280	10	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#338	7	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#334	6	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#226	19	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	14	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#226	18	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	14	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#258	17	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#197	23	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#296	15	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#280	16	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#260	18	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#236	20	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#291	17	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#321	15	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#399	11	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#560	7	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	9	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#395	12	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#284	17	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#469	9	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#373	11	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#226	19	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#424	7	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#317	10	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	6	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	9	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#324	8	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	5	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#448	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#408	5	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#533	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#522	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#503	3	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#447	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#108	40	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 71 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #53, first reached in 2015.

It held a top-100 place in 10 years, 10 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 486 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 11 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1970, and 79 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Rory · #3, 62y
Ros · #250, 14y
Rosa-Leigh · #2325, 10y
Rosabella · #872, 24y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Krzysztof · #53, 70y
Miriam · #53, 70y
Klara · #54, 76y
Ruben · #52, 67y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Miriam · #53, 70y
Mohammad · #53, 81y
Tomas · #53, 79y
Aina · #52, 81y

Rosa was ranked #53 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2015. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Rosa and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Rosa without appearing here.

Rosa moved ahead of

Marianne Compare
In 2008 they stood at #469 and #469 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #284 and #893.
Marilyn Compare
In 2014 they stood at #533 and #471 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #291 and #896.
Janet Compare
In 2009 they stood at #439 and #439 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #395 and #910.
Brittany Compare
In 2000 they stood at #368 and #275 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #381 and #871.

Moved ahead of Rosa

Amelia Compare
In 2003 they stood at #441 and #490 in Norway · Girls; by 2004 that had become #594 and #130.
Sophie Compare
In 1989 they stood at #539 and #542 in Norway · Girls; by 1990 that had become #679 and #229.
Emma Compare
In 1977 they stood at #388 and #422 in Norway · Girls; by 1978 that had become #580 and #195.
Silje Compare
In 1968 they stood at #298 and #299 in Norway · Girls; by 1969 that had become #579 and #221.

Moved the opposite way to Rosa

Sara Compare
Between 1948 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Rosa went from #280 to #452 while Sara went from #335 to #24.
Audrey Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rosa went from #447 to #226 while Audrey went from #48 to #885.
Eileen Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rosa went from #447 to #226 while Eileen went from #27 to #443.
Ida Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rosa went from #447 to #226 while Ida went from #447 to #885.

Moved the same way as Rosa

Helen Compare
Between 1945 and 2019 in Norway · Girls, Rosa went from #334 to #525 and Helen from #149 to #374.
Hilde Compare
Between 1945 and 2017 in Norway · Girls, Rosa went from #334 to #476 and Hilde from #89 to #532.
Monica Compare
Between 1946 and 2017 in Norway · Girls, Rosa went from #338 to #476 and Monica from #315 to #542.
Patricia Compare
Between 1946 and 2017 in Norway · Girls, Rosa went from #338 to #476 and Patricia from #385 to #544.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #53 in Northern Ireland in 2015. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rosa

Rosa at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rosa across 4 official records

Rosa by decade in Norway · Girls

Rosa appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Rosa

Rosa and the names beside it

Rosa moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Rosa

Moved the opposite way to Rosa

Moved the same way as Rosa

Rosa at a glance

Rosa across 4 official records

Rosa by decade in Norway · Girls

Rosa appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Rosa

Rosa and the names beside it

Rosa moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Rosa

Moved the opposite way to Rosa

Moved the same way as Rosa