Rosela

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Rosela has been given to 56 babies in the U.S. since 1919. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1971, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Rosela, 1986

1 in 711,000

Rosela over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Rosela: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Rosela means

Rosela is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Rosela is used in Cebuano.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 56 girls were recorded with the name Rosela between 1919 and 1986. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1971; its best national rank was #4,367 in 1925.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Rosela?

Rosela had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1986, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1986: 1 in 711,000; 5 of 3,556,724 births
Among girls only: 1 in 343,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1986: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 493,068 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Rosela sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1986 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 493,068 children born in 1986 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rosela. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Roselas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Rosela was born before 1947 — so the typical Rosela is around 78 today.

Median birth year: 1947; About 78 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 30.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 32.1%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 24; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 30.4% of all recorded uses (17).

Is Rosela rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1971 (8)
Years since peak: 54; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 14.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,367; 1925

Spellings of Rosela

Rosela is not the most common spelling — Rose is, with 61.5% against Rosela's <0.01%.

Rose61.5%500,586
Rosa21.8%177,415
Rosetta3.5%28,161
Rosella2.0%15,990
Roselyn1.8%14,556
Rosalia1.3%10,664
Rowena1.3%10,526
Rosita0.83%6,726

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Rosela is used

Across 1910–2025, Rosela was most concentrated in New Mexico — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 165,723 across all states with data.

11 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1New Mexico1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Rosela has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Rosela by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,367; 1925
Peak year: 1971; 8 that year
First recorded: 1919
Last recorded: 1986
All-time count: 56
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Rosela

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Rosicela Rosisela Rosaicela Rosse Rosyln Roshon Canela Amiela Zarela Roslin Roseli Nayela Rosangela Rosali Rosaysela Rosaisela Briela Rosely Roshaun Anyela Roshan Azriela Xaela Roselena

Sibling names for Rosela

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Trena Charisse Darcie Michell Tressa Kerrie Nicola Latonia

For a brother

Shon Darrick Judd Douglass Alfonzo Scottie Erich Edwardo

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