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How popular is “Rosa” in the USA?

Number of people named “Rosa” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Rosa” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Rosa” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Rosa” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Rosa” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Rosa” by birth year

This chart shows how “Rosa” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 507 0.002516329 507 100%
1881 500 0.002594868 500 100%
1882 542 0.002446588 542 100%
1883 507 0.002336987 507 100%
1884 607 0.002493212 607 100%
1885 623 0.002586629 623 100%
1886 673 0.002635949 673 100%
1887 664 0.002683999 659 5 98%
1888 832 0.002778204 832 100%
1889 707 0.002446824 707 100%
1890 770 0.002554736 770 100%
1891 729 0.002542967 729 100%
1892 801 0.002395521 796 5 99%
1893 795 0.002444477 790 5 99%
1894 780 0.002302991 780 100%
1895 832 0.002370235 832 100%
1896 815 0.002279822 808 7 98%
1897 770 0.002219295 770 100%
1898 841 0.002204716 841 100%
1899 771 0.002272767 765 6 98%
1900 1123 0.002494126 1118 5 99%
1901 850 0.002457983 845 5 99%
1902 909 0.002350459 909 100%
1903 917 0.002405561 911 6 99%
1904 903 0.002238001 903 100%
1905 922 0.002174928 922 100%
1906 870 0.002030571 865 5 99%
1907 924 0.001985432 924 100%
1908 941 0.001925718 941 100%
1909 959 0.00187589 959 100%
1910 1137 0.001924799 1131 6 99%
1911 1028 0.001595585 1022 6 99%
1912 1312 0.001327852 1305 7 99%
1913 1373 0.001207447 1366 7 99%
1914 1522 0.001074598 1514 8 99%
1915 1803 0.000983941 1793 10 99%
1916 1801 0.00093103 1793 8 99%
1917 1837 0.00091541 1829 8 99%
1918 2045 0.000941914 2034 11 99%
1919 2206 0.001045376 2189 17 98%
1920 2216 0.000979386 2199 17 98%
1921 1993 0.000853714 1977 16 98%
1922 2116 0.000924358 2106 10 99%
1923 2066 0.000897293 2050 16 98%
1924 2163 0.000908209 2148 15 99%
1925 2245 0.000962156 2230 15 99%
1926 2133 0.000929045 2115 18 98%
1927 2125 0.000916202 2109 16 98%
1928 1989 0.000879723 1970 19 98%
1929 1911 0.000871743 1887 24 97%
1930 1899 0.00085414 1877 22 98%
1931 1647 0.00078265 1633 14 98%
1932 1771 0.000838823 1757 14 98%
1933 1671 0.000835731 1646 25 97%
1934 1595 0.000768003 1581 14 98%
1935 1615 0.000772764 1600 15 98%
1936 1474 0.00070948 1454 20 97%
1937 1457 0.000683822 1440 17 98%
1938 1585 0.00071636 1568 17 98%
1939 1507 0.00068393 1494 13 98%
1940 1559 0.000677036 1549 10 99%
1941 1492 0.000612373 1477 15 98%
1942 1582 0.000579102 1573 9 99%
1943 1694 0.000600165 1680 14 98%
1944 1682 0.00062526 1670 12 99%
1945 1584 0.00059708 1577 7 99%
1946 1634 0.000511375 1620 14 98%
1947 1812 0.000503009 1800 12 99%
1948 1939 0.000561619 1926 13 99%
1949 1942 0.000557281 1924 18 98%
1950 1894 0.000540624 1887 7 99%
1951 1966 0.000533697 1955 11 99%
1952 1955 0.000514744 1942 13 99%
1953 2039 0.00052911 2023 16 98%
1954 2116 0.000531564 2107 9 99%
1955 2059 0.000512817 2049 10 99%
1956 2184 0.000529707 2172 12 99%
1957 2097 0.000499031 2080 17 98%
1958 1875 0.000453566 1862 13 99%
1959 1809 0.000435066 1799 10 99%
1960 1841 0.000443207 1832 9 99%
1961 1658 0.000400261 1649 9 99%
1962 1623 0.000402193 1612 11 99%
1963 1520 0.000384013 1510 10 99%
1964 1531 0.000393816 1519 12 98%
1965 1419 0.0003914 1409 10 99%
1966 1406 0.000404528 1397 9 99%
1967 1338 0.000394121 1327 11 98%
1968 1354 0.00040078 1348 6 99%
1969 1454 0.000418378 1440 14 98%
1970 1438 0.000398723 1424 14 98%
1971 1387 0.000404096 1377 10 99%
1972 1312 0.000417436 1293 19 97%
1973 1270 0.000420964 1260 10 98%
1974 1261 0.000414803 1251 10 98%
1975 1215 0.000402399 1208 7 99%
1976 1172 0.000386251 1159 13 98%
1977 1098 0.000345664 1090 8 99%
1978 1084 0.000341539 1076 8 99%
1979 1162 0.000349264 1152 10 98%
1980 1280 0.000371606 1270 10 98%
1981 1241 0.000358735 1226 15 98%
1982 1224 0.000348921 1205 19 97%
1983 1061 0.000306352 1047 14 97%
1984 992 0.000284342 978 14 97%
1985 1027 0.000287747 1011 16 97%
1986 988 0.000277756 970 18 96%
1987 981 0.000272076 970 11 98%
1988 993 0.000268738 978 15 97%
1989 1151 0.000299393 1138 13 98%
1990 1192 0.000301583 1176 16 97%
1991 1160 0.000297797 1149 11 98%
1992 1185 0.000308491 1172 13 98%
1993 1261 0.000334458 1256 5 99%
1994 1266 0.000340537 1254 12 98%
1995 1017 0.000277705 1008 9 98%
1996 998 0.000273635 993 5 99%
1997 972 0.000268083 967 5 99%
1998 1125 0.000305856 1125 100%
1999 989 0.000267741 983 6 99%
2000 1010 0.000267203 1005 5 99%
2001 938 0.000250575 938 100%
2002 881 0.000235669 876 5 99%
2003 796 0.000209346 786 10 97%
2004 737 0.000192885 737 100%
2005 776 0.000201829 776 100%
2006 813 0.000205501 813 100%
2007 742 0.000185608 742 100%
2008 696 0.000177069 696 100%
2009 626 0.000163867 626 100%
2010 517 0.000139891 517 100%
2011 469 0.000128219 469 100%
2012 469 0.000128234 469 100%
2013 437 0.000119868 437 100%
2014 479 0.000129237 479 100%
2015 455 0.000122943 455 100%
2016 466 0.000127021 466 100%
2017 442 0.000123595 442 100%
2018 466 0.000132541 466 100%
2019 450 0.000129648 450 100%
2020 460 0.000137701 460 100%
2021 451 0.000133119 451 100%
2022 493 0.000145723 493 100%
2023 441 0.000133184 441 100%
2024 440 0.000132192 440 100%

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