Rozetta
A feminine name derived from rose, meaning "little rose".
Name Census estimates that about 272 living Americans carry the first name Rozetta. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Rozetta today is around 67 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Rozetta births was 1949 (22 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Rozetta. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • The typical person named Rozetta is about 67 years old today, placing it firmly among the names of earlier generations. Most living Rozettas were born before 1969.
People living today
272
~ 1 in 1,260,126 Americans
Peak year
1949
22 babies that year
Average age
67
years old
1983 SSA rank
#11,612
Tracked since 1910
Census
Rozetta in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 341 people with the first name Rozetta, which placed it at #27,024 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#27,024
National first-name rank
People counted
341
341 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Black or African American
54.5% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Rozetta
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Rozetta is Black at 54.5%. The next largest groups are White (39.3%) and Two or More Races (2.9%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Rozetta described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Rozetta at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Black or African American54.5% · 186
- White39.3% · 134
- Two or more races2.9% · 10
- Hispanic or Latino1.8% · 6
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.9% · 3
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.6% · 2
Popularity
Rozetta: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Rozetta from the 1910s through to the 1980s, spanning 8 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1950s, with 110 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1950s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Rozetta by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Rozetta during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Rozetta
The given name Rozetta has its origins in the Italian language and culture, first appearing in the 14th century. It is a feminine form derived from the Latin name Rosa, meaning "rose." The name likely evolved from the diminutive form "Rosetta," which was a popular name for girls in Italy during the Renaissance period.
One of the earliest recorded mentions of the name Rozetta can be found in the Florentine Codex, a 16th-century ethnographic work that documented the history and culture of the Aztec people. In this text, the name is spelled "Rozeta" and is listed as the name of a Spanish woman who accompanied the conquistadors to Mexico.
Rozetta gained popularity in various parts of Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries. Notable individuals with this name include Rozetta Levi (1675-1732), an Italian poet and playwright from Venice, and Rozetta Wilkinson (1759-1840), an English philanthropist and activist who worked to improve the living conditions of the poor in London.
In the 19th century, the name Rozetta was particularly popular in the United States. One prominent figure was Rozetta Thurston (1814-1892), an American educator and writer who founded the Thurston Female Seminary in Putnam, Connecticut. Another notable bearer of the name was Rozetta Crump (1856-1924), a former slave who became a successful businesswoman and owner of a hotel in Chicago.
Another historical figure with the name Rozetta was Rozetta Switzer (1839-1922), an American author and journalist who wrote extensively about the American West and the lives of frontier women. Her book "The Story of a Life" is considered an important work documenting the experiences of women in the 19th century.
Moving into the 20th century, one of the most well-known individuals with the name Rozetta was Rozetta Thurman (1921-1976), an American civil rights activist and one of the key organizers of the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965. Her contributions to the Civil Rights Movement were instrumental in the passage of the Voting Rights Act.
People
Rozetta + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Rozetta as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with R
Other first names starting with R with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Rozetta: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Rozetta?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 272 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Rozetta going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 1,260,126 US residents.
Is Rozetta a common name?
We classify Rozetta as "Very Rare". It ranks above 78.1% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 574 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Rozetta most popular?
The single biggest year for Rozetta was 1949, when 22 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Rozetta is about 67 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Rozetta in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 341 people with the name Rozetta, or 0.11 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #27,024 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Rozetta in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Rozetta?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Rozetta appears almost entirely female. Of the 347 people counted with this name, 99.4% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Rozetta?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Rozetta is Black at 54.5%. The next largest groups are White (39.3%) and Two or More Races (2.9%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Rozetta most often in the Census?
Black is the largest reported group for people named Rozetta in the 2020 Census, accounting for 54.5% (186 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Rozetta in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Rozetta a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Rozetta in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Rozetta still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Rozetta in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Rozetta can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people are named Rozetta?
Our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers how many people have the name Rozetta at a glance, with the living-bearer count up front.