Rosita
Meaning and origin
We don't have a sourced origin for Rosita yet, and we would rather show nothing than guess.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Rosita has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2007. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | 4 |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,177 |
| 2000 | 1,185 |
| 2001 | 1,183 |
| 2002 | 1,191 |
| 2003 | 1,196 |
| 2004 | 1,196 |
| 2005 | 1,186 |
| 2006 | 1,189 |
| 2007 | 1,192 |
| 2008 | 1,214 |
| 2009 | 1,205 |
| 2010 | 1,206 |
| 2011 | 1,202 |
| 2012 | 1,202 |
| 2013 | 1,200 |
| 2014 | 1,198 |
| 2015 | 1,190 |
| 2016 | 1,183 |
| 2017 | 1,182 |
| 2018 | 1,176 |
| 2019 | 1,162 |
| 2020 | 1,152 |
Rosita in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Rosita.Hi! My name is Rosita.
- Rosita bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Rosita lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Vet du om Rosita kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Rosita is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Rositas mamma är lärare.Rosita's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Rositas mamma is Rosita's mum.
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How popular is Rosita in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Rosita in 2022. In 2020, 1,152 people in Sweden had Rosita as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2007 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.