Rossa

maleStatistical record

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

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

Rossa: Recorded since 1968, its highest recorded position is #76, and it stood at #188 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
69times a registrar ranked it
58years from first to last
#76highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2022–2023

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2022	#5669
2023	#5687

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 48 of the 58 years from 1968 to 2025.

In 2024: #76 among boys in Northern Ireland, #327 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1968–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1968
First recorded at #243 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1968 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded2003–2024
Highest recorded position: #76 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2024 (recorded 2003–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #188 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Rossa appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 48 years beginning in 1968, and has registered 330 births with the name.

Rossa across 3 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.

Rossa'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
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#243 (1968)	#188 (2025)	#188 (2025)	48 of 58	330 (1968–2025)	25 (2025)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#299 (2003)	#76 (2024)	#76 (2024)	19 of 22	244 (2003–2024)	31 (2024)
England and Wales · Girls	#5669 (2022)	#5669 (2022)	#5687 (2023)	2 of 2	6 (2022–2023)	3 (2022)

Rossa by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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 Rossa in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	4	1 of 10	4
1970s	32	8 of 10	4
1980s	35	8 of 10	4
1990s	19	5 of 10	4
2000s	70	10 of 10	7
2010s	80	10 of 10	8
2020sbusiest	90	6 of 10	15

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 15 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Rossa 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 3 regions, from 1968 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #76 in Northern Ireland in 2024.

Rossa'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
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#76	31	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#126	19	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#101	25	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#109	26	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#106	25	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#153	16	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#141	17	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#157	17	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#207	10	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#169	14	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#264	7	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#346	4	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#375	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#232	8	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#328	4	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#276	5	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#223	7	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#299	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#188	25	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#327	12	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#243	18	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#429	8	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#296	15	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#342	12	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#435	8	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#495	6	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#372	10	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#355	11	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#403	9	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#534	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#457	7	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#366	11	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#373	10	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	11	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#386	9	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#326	10	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	5	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	7	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#375	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#249	9	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	5	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#379	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	5	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#256	5	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#269	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	5	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#258	5	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#260	5	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#264	5	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	4	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#255	5	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#273	5	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#316	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	6	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#304	3	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#305	3	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#243	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1968 and 2025, ranked in 48 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #76, first reached in 2024.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 31 births, registered in Northern Ireland in 2024.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 54 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.

Roslyn · #43, 62y
Ross · #25, 74y
Rossi · #1224, 23y
Rosy · #1250, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Ashling · #76, 53y
Rafal · #79, 49y
Sian · #72, 44y
Jocelyn · #69, 48y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Aisha · #76, 52y
Ashling · #76, 53y
Ine · #76, 63y
Nicolai · #76, 61y

Rossa was ranked #76 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2024. 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.

Rossa 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 Rossa without appearing here.

Rossa moved ahead of

Gregory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #764 and #506 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2020 that had become #342 and #741.
Mitchell Compare
In 2007 they stood at #448 and #448 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2008 that had become #386 and #698.
Ashley Compare
In 2019 they stood at #764 and #764 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2020 that had become #342 and #637.
Bruce Compare
In 2019 they stood at #764 and #564 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2020 that had become #342 and #637.

Moved ahead of Rossa

Logan Compare
In 2005 they stood at #322 and #439 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2006 that had become #423 and #158.
Ollie Compare
In 2009 they stood at #337 and #386 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #373 and #201.
Roman Compare
In 2016 they stood at #372 and #448 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2017 that had become #495 and #336.
Caleb Compare
In 1995 they stood at #258 and #282 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1996 that had become #369 and #234.

Moved the opposite way to Rossa

Daithi Compare
Between 1976 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Rossa went from #316 to #188 while Daithi went from #288 to #509.
Aaron Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Rossa went from #299 to #76 while Aaron went from #12 to #187.
Adam Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Rossa went from #299 to #76 while Adam went from #3 to #38.
Alex Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Rossa went from #299 to #76 while Alex went from #68 to #108.

Moved the same way as Rossa

Geoffrey Compare
Between 1968 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Rossa went from #243 to #429 and Geoffrey from #146 to #779.
Shea Compare
Between 1976 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Rossa went from #316 to #188 and Shea from #316 to #125.
Graeme Compare
Between 1968 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Rossa went from #243 to #534 and Graeme from #267 to #711.
Jon Compare
Between 1975 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Rossa went from #251 to #764 and Jon from #236 to #764.

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 3 regions, from 1968 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #76 in Northern Ireland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Rossa

Rossa at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rossa across 3 official records

Rossa by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Rossa appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Rossa

Rossa and the names beside it

Rossa moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Rossa

Moved the opposite way to Rossa

Moved the same way as Rossa

Rossa at a glance

Rossa across 3 official records

Rossa by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Rossa appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Rossa

Rossa and the names beside it

Rossa moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Rossa

Moved the opposite way to Rossa

Moved the same way as Rossa