Given name & surname · also Latin

Rosario

“refers to the rosary and Our Lady of the Rosary”·“refers to the rosary”

Rosario is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “refers to the rosary and Our Lady of the Rosary” (Spanish) and “refers to the rosary” (Spanish). These may reflect different naming traditions.

Original SpanishCharo

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Meaning & origin

What it means

Interpretations include “refers to the rosary and Our Lady of the Rosary” (Spanish) and “refers to the rosary” (Spanish). These may reflect different naming traditions.

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.

How it developed

From Spanish rosario (“rosary”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1896. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Rosario through the years

Babies since 1880: 16,585; 5,611 boys · 10,974 girls
Most popular year: 1993; 218 babies
2025: 108; #2,114 for girls · #5,161 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20: +2%; Steady

Boys Girls

Rosario in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1896–2025, per million births of each sex. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

Boys, girls and both

The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 22% boys.

Boys Girls

Five-year rolling share of U.S. births. Blank stretches had too few births to read.

Where it’s given

Most at home inWashington, California, Illinois

FewerMore, relative to births Not published

2025 births by state of birth. Tiles are equal-sized so small states stay visible. Highest rates: Washington (5), California (18), Illinois (5), Texas (17), Florida (5).

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 89 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,114 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 1.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 175 in 1993. It also appeared in 19 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (18). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 36,973 as a first name in 2020; 52,418 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Rosario’s family of names

Rosario has an affectionate form in Charo. In Italian usage, Rosario has a feminine form in Rosaria. Rosario has a related form in Rosalio.

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Around the world

Rosario has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.

9 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 13

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Spellings & scripts 3

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Across languages 8

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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