Rosalie

#171 for girls in 2025, 1,797 births · Last seen for boys in 1957 at #3,993
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1938 · 3,758 births
Debut · girls
39 births
In top 100 · girls
1 yr
of 146 years
Total births · girls
84,049
since 1880

Rosalie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201940peak #66, 1938girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1711,797
2024#1771,705
2023#1821,645
2022#1761,692
2021#1851,595
2020#1981,473
2019#2081,467
2018#2091,470
2017#2361,351
2016#2521,252
2015#2661,194
2014#3101,060
2013#347937
2012#405771
2011#544535
2010#589498
2009#831337
2008#1,431165
2007#1,672132
2006#1,403161
2005#1,444147
2004#1,488135
2003#1,446136
2002#1,351143
2001#1,411134
2000#1,412131
1999#1,293142
1998#1,405122
1997#1,281137
1996#1,393119
1995#1,370120
1994#1,170151
1993#1,211143
1992#1,174149
1991#1,097164
1990#1,104158
1989#1,023167
1988#940179
1987#1,058145
1986#987159
1985#963160
1984#890168
1983#954154
1982#815194
1981#846184
1980#921162
1979#836186
1978#876167
1977#918153
1976#811171
1975#886150
1974#811166
1973#778172
1972#818162
1971#809172
1970#784180
1969#679214
1968#655220
1967#609244
1966#551296
1965#534317
1964#489393
1963#450460
1962#442471
1961#436509
1960#428521
1959#402545
1958#394541
1957#383563#3,9935
1956#362585
1955#342626
1954#327674
1953#300748
1952#293764
1951#264870
1950#259874
1949#239975
1948#2191,116
1947#2261,078
1946#2111,128
1945#203975
1944#1901,098
1943#1671,425#3,2316
1942#1581,544#2,9407
1941#1521,513
1940#1391,735#2,17911
1939#1142,162#2,8297
1938#663,758#2,08412
1937#1791,116#2,33210
1936#200845#3,5495
1935#218778#3,6455
1934#198901#3,2776
1933#183927
1932#1731,104
1931#1811,002#3,7635
1930#1751,120
1929#1751,158#3,5596
1928#1701,236#3,6976
1927#1771,176
1926#1801,159
1925#1911,092
1924#1891,153
1923#1881,160
1922#1911,104
1921#1931,074
1920#200984
1919#204910
1918#210890#4,1795
1917#213809
1916#216787
1915#197840
1914#215584
1913#224462
1912#214433
1911#225309
1910#227281
1909#255197
1908#264180
1907#254184
1906#255164
1905#266152
1904#234173
1903#276127
1902#246155
1901#273118
1900#300121
1899#289103
1898#312101
1897#281102
1896#29995
1895#31486
1894#30781
1893#29186
1892#29584
1891#29671
1890#33757
1889#32158
1888#29663
1887#28357
1886#29449
1885#28349
1884#26853
1883#38623
1882#27840
1881#31226
1880#25039
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Rosalie was already there! It came in at #250, and was given to 39 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 24 girls a year got the name.

See more about Rosalie
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 6 spots since 2024 (#177#171)
  • 27 spots since 2020 (#198#171)
  • 95 spots since 2015 (#266#171)
  • Biggest jump: 600 spots in 2009 (#1,431#831)
  • Biggest drop: 139 spots in 1983 (#815#954)
Rise & fade · girls
58 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1938 at #66 (3,758 births)
  • Births halved by 1940, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 1 yr · 1938
  • Top 1,000: 125 yrs · run 1880–1986
Share of babies · girls
1 in 294
  • Highest: 1 in 294 girls born in 1938 were named Rosalie (0.34%)
  • Latest: 1 in 894 girls born in 2025 (0.11%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
  • 16.3% of all girls named Rosalie (13,713) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #66 (1938) → #1,672 (2007) → #171 (2025)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s457#250 (1880)#297
1890s866#281 (1897)#302
1900s1,571#234 (1904)#262
1910s6,305#197 (1915)#215
1920s11,296#170 (1928)#185
1930s13,713#66 (1938)#169
1940s12,587#139 (1940)#190
1950s6,790#259 (1950)#333
1960s3,645#428 (1960)#527
1970s1,679#778 (1973)#833
1980s1,672#815 (1982)#940
1990s1,405#1,097 (1991)#1,250
2000s1,621#831 (2009)#1,389
2010s10,535#208 (2019)#337
2020s9,907#171 (2025)#182

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Rosalie in 1940

girls
#139
1,735 births · 1 in 659 girls
boys
#2,179
11 births · 1 in 105,379 boys

Top girls' names in 1940

  1. #1Mary56,216
  2. #2Barbara36,736
  3. #3Patricia32,665
  4. #4Judith22,385
  5. #5Betty22,077
  6. #6Carol21,759
  7. #7Nancy19,737
  8. #8Linda18,370
  9. #9Shirley17,881
  10. #10Sandra16,153
  11. #139Rosalie1,735

Top boys' names in 1940

  1. #1James62,481
  2. #2Robert61,198
  3. #3John54,786
  4. #4William44,779
  5. #5Richard37,425
  6. #6Charles31,689
  7. #7David27,690
  8. #8Thomas23,991
  9. #9Donald23,115
  10. #10Ronald20,741
  11. #2,179Rosalie11
More about 1940

girls

1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 659 of them was named Rosalie, which outranked 97.2% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rosalie
  1. #136Deanna1,802
  2. #137Maxine1,785
  3. #138Georgia1,774
  4. #139Rosalie1,735
  5. #140Beatrice1,730
  6. #140Bertha1,730
  7. #142Marian1,694
Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. 2,494Scarlett#3,429#935
  2. 1,465Lonna#2,206#741
  3. 834Pam#1,797#963
  4. 659Jody#1,638#979
  5. 633Laraine#1,474#841
Fallers
  1. 481Fredia#996#1,477
  2. 430Eleanora#974#1,404
  3. 375Danielle#811#1,186
  4. 342Eloisa#930#1,272
  5. 298Coral#996#1,294

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 105,379 of them was named Rosalie, which outranked 44.7% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rosalie
  1. #2,081Wilferd12
  2. #2,081Windel12
  3. #2,081Zannie12
  4. #2,179Rosalie11
  5. #2,179Adrien11
  6. #2,179Allard11
  7. #2,179Alston11
  8. #2,322Abelino10
  9. #2,322Afton10
  10. #2,322Agnes10

Tied with 142 names at #2,179; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. 565Whitney#1,458#893
  2. 447Gonzalo#1,297#850
  3. 419Weston#1,323#904
  4. 368Ashley#1,272#904
  5. 366Agustin#1,238#872
Fallers
  1. 886Montie#916#1,802
  2. 446Verlon#888#1,334
  3. 394Issac#857#1,251
  4. 392Otho#942#1,334
  5. 384Pearl#867#1,251

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1940