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Rosita

Rosita means "Spanish diminutive of Rosa" and comes from Spanish, giving it real etymological depth as a girl's name. It is not as common as it was in the 1950s, though it has not disappeared. Today, it is seldom chosen in the registry. Few names stick around this long: it shows up across almost the entire twelve-decade span this registry covers.

SpanishSpanish diminutive of Rosa
EtymologyMeaning "rose"
Births by decade
1900s
46
1910s
151
1920s
352
1930s
607
1940s
861
1950s
1,227
1960s
1,097
1970s
683
1980s
556
1990s
360
2000s
315
2010s
186
Peaked in the 1950s · 6,441 total U.S. births since 1900