Rosetta
Rosetta was the 3289th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 48 babies. Its best year was 1881, when it ranked 220th; the most babies were born in 1948 (578). Over the last ten years it has moved up 618 places. More babies were named Rosetta in the 1940s than in any other decade.
Meaning "little rose" · Italian, Latin
Say it roh-ZET-uh /roʊˈzɛtə/
- Rank in 2025
- #3,289 girls, down 115 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 48girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1948578 babies
- Total since 1880
- 28,205babies recorded
What does the name Rosetta mean?
Rosetta is an Italian diminutive of Rosa (Rose), "little rose", with the ending -etta. DMNES notes that the medieval name Rose was originally Germanic (hrōþ, "fame") but was soon understood as Latin rosa, "rose". The Rosetta Stone takes its name from an unrelated Egyptian town, whose name probably comes from Arabic. Rosetta was used in the US from the 19th century and was most common in the 1920s to 1940s.
rosa (Latin / Italian, “rose”)-etta (Italian, “diminutive ending”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Rose, Rosa, Rosette, Rosie, Etta.
See also: Italian names, names that mean flower.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Rosetta', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Rose', DMNES (Durham University)
- Wikipedia, 'Rosetta (given name)', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation)
Nicknames for Rosetta
The usual nicknames for Rosetta are Rosie and Etta. Some parents skip the long form: for every 100 girls named Rosetta in the last five years, 2076 were named Rosie, against 434 twenty years earlier.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Girls, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosie · also for Rose, Rosalie, Rosemary | Traditional | #283 | 4,298 |
| Etta · also for Julietta, Loretta, Henrietta | Traditional | #930 | 1,372 |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are girls given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Rosettas go by each one.
Rosetta popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 44 since 1916.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,289 | 48 |
| 2020 | #3,174 | 50 |
| 2010 | #4,287 | 35 |
| 2000 | #3,258 | 42 |
| 1990 | #2,224 | 58 |
| 1980 | #1,514 | 79 |
| 1970 | #879 | 152 |
| 1960 | #571 | 298 |
| 1950 | #358 | 482 |
| 1940 | #293 | 464 |
| 1930 | #322 | 421 |
| 1920 | #319 | 419 |
| 1910 | #292 | 176 |
| 1900 | #286 | 132 |
| 1890 | #330 | 59 |
| 1880 | #230 | 46 |
How popular is Rosetta, counting every spelling?
Rosetta is the most common spelling of a name family that had 90 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 90 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosetta | 48 | #3,289 | 207 |
| Rosita | 42 | #3,634 | 184 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Rosetta?
48 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Rosetta (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Rosetta born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 175 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Rosetta.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Rosetta?
About 11,800 people born in the US named Rosetta are alive today, with a median age of 70; half are between 55 and 79. That makes Rosetta a name most people associate with older generations.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Rosetta by state
How common Rosetta was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 46 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Rosetta: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Rosetta, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Rosetta · Sibling names for Rosetta
Questions about the name Rosetta
What does Rosetta mean?
Rosetta means “"little rose"” (Italian, Latin origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Rosetta?
Rosetta was the 3289th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 48 babies. Its best year was 1881, when it ranked 220th; the most babies were born in 1948 (578). Over the last ten years it has moved up 618 places. More babies were named Rosetta in the 1940s than in any other decade.
Is Rosetta a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Rosetta in the US.
Where is Rosetta most popular?
In 2021–2025, Rosetta was most common in Wisconsin (0.08 per 1,000 girls), followed by Kentucky and Illinois.