How Many People Are Named Rosario?

11,891

people named Rosario are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 28,743 people in the US has this name

Based on 16,585 babies named Rosario in Social Security records from 1896 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#2,222

💎 Rare

Rank Among Gender-Neutral Names

#119

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Peak Year

1993

218 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Spanish, Italian
Pronunciation: ro-SA-ryo (Spanish), ro-ZA-ryo (Italian)
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Means "rosary", and is taken from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Señora del Rosario meaning "Our Lady of the Rosary". This name is feminine in Spanish and masculine in Italian.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

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⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
77.9%
Male
22.1%

Of the babies given the name Rosario, 77.9% were girls and 22.1% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Rosario rose from 20.5% in the 1900s to 77.8% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Rosario alive today is about 42 years old, and 40% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 24 and 61 in 2025.

Under 30 3,912
32.9%
30 to 59 4,791
40.3%
60 and over 3,187
26.8%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Rosario first appears in the records in 1896 and was given most often in 1993, to 218 babies. In 2025, 108 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1896 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Rosario has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #741, in 1953. In 2025 it ranked #2,114. Among boys, its best rank was #487, in 1917.

GirlsBoys
Rank in 2025#2,114#5,160
Best rank#741 (1953)#487 (1917)
Years in the top 100NoneNone
Rank in its biggest decade#1,195 in the 1990s#610 in the 1920s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Rosario alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Rosario were born in California than in any other state: about 3,374 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Rosario was given 4.6 times as often in Texas, 3.3 times in California and 2.4 times in Arizona.

California 3,374
Texas 3,119
New York 925
Illinois 447
Arizona 243
Florida 146
New Jersey 81
North Carolina 45
Washington 27
Pennsylvania 16
Georgia 14
New Mexico 13
Wisconsin 11
Connecticut 10
Massachusetts 8
Michigan 6
Nevada 5
Colorado 5
Virginia 5
Ohio 4

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