Girl name#1,766 of girl names
Rosita
Pronounced R OW0 Z IY1 T AH0 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 1966
- 137 years in use
How popular is Rosita?
Rosita is a girls' name, and first appears in 1888. It has been given to 6,683 children — the 1,766th most common girls' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 308 births across the past decade, against a peak of 139 in a single year. That peak was in 1966.
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- R OW0 Z IY1 T AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 010
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Rosita
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Rosita
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Rosita?
- Rosita ranks 1,766th among girls' names in US records, with 6,683 births since 1888. Over the past decade it accounts for 308.
- Is Rosita a unisex name?
- No. Rosita is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Rosita most popular?
- 1966, when 139 children were given the name. It has been in use for 137 years and is still recorded as of 2024.