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
- Peak · girls
- 1938 · 3,758 births
- Debut · girls
- 39 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 1 yrof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 84,049since 1880
Rosalie over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #171 | 1,797 | — | |
| 2024 | #177 | 1,705 | — | |
| 2023 | #182 | 1,645 | — | |
| 2022 | #176 | 1,692 | — | |
| 2021 | #185 | 1,595 | — | |
| 2020 | #198 | 1,473 | — | |
| 2019 | #208 | 1,467 | — | |
| 2018 | #209 | 1,470 | — | |
| 2017 | #236 | 1,351 | — | |
| 2016 | #252 | 1,252 | — | |
| 2015 | #266 | 1,194 | — | |
| 2014 | #310 | 1,060 | — | |
| 2013 | #347 | 937 | — | |
| 2012 | #405 | 771 | — | |
| 2011 | #544 | 535 | — | |
| 2010 | #589 | 498 | — | |
| 2009 | #831 | 337 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,431 | 165 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,672 | 132 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,403 | 161 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,444 | 147 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,488 | 135 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,446 | 136 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,351 | 143 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,411 | 134 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,412 | 131 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,293 | 142 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,405 | 122 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,281 | 137 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,393 | 119 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,370 | 120 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,170 | 151 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,211 | 143 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,174 | 149 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,097 | 164 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,104 | 158 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,023 | 167 | — | |
| 1988 | #940 | 179 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,058 | 145 | — | |
| 1986 | #987 | 159 | — | |
| 1985 | #963 | 160 | — | |
| 1984 | #890 | 168 | — | |
| 1983 | #954 | 154 | — | |
| 1982 | #815 | 194 | — | |
| 1981 | #846 | 184 | — | |
| 1980 | #921 | 162 | — | |
| 1979 | #836 | 186 | — | |
| 1978 | #876 | 167 | — | |
| 1977 | #918 | 153 | — | |
| 1976 | #811 | 171 | — | |
| 1975 | #886 | 150 | — | |
| 1974 | #811 | 166 | — | |
| 1973 | #778 | 172 | — | |
| 1972 | #818 | 162 | — | |
| 1971 | #809 | 172 | — | |
| 1970 | #784 | 180 | — | |
| 1969 | #679 | 214 | — | |
| 1968 | #655 | 220 | — | |
| 1967 | #609 | 244 | — | |
| 1966 | #551 | 296 | — | |
| 1965 | #534 | 317 | — | |
| 1964 | #489 | 393 | — | |
| 1963 | #450 | 460 | — | |
| 1962 | #442 | 471 | — | |
| 1961 | #436 | 509 | — | |
| 1960 | #428 | 521 | — | |
| 1959 | #402 | 545 | — | |
| 1958 | #394 | 541 | — | |
| 1957 | #383 | 563 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #362 | 585 | — | |
| 1955 | #342 | 626 | — | |
| 1954 | #327 | 674 | — | |
| 1953 | #300 | 748 | — | |
| 1952 | #293 | 764 | — | |
| 1951 | #264 | 870 | — | |
| 1950 | #259 | 874 | — | |
| 1949 | #239 | 975 | — | |
| 1948 | #219 | 1,116 | — | |
| 1947 | #226 | 1,078 | — | |
| 1946 | #211 | 1,128 | — | |
| 1945 | #203 | 975 | — | |
| 1944 | #190 | 1,098 | — | |
| 1943 | #167 | 1,425 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | #158 | 1,544 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #152 | 1,513 | — | |
| 1940 | #139 | 1,735 | #2,179 | 11 |
| 1939 | #114 | 2,162 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #66 | 3,758 | #2,084 | 12 |
| 1937 | #179 | 1,116 | #2,332 | 10 |
| 1936 | #200 | 845 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #218 | 778 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | #198 | 901 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #183 | 927 | — | |
| 1932 | #173 | 1,104 | — | |
| 1931 | #181 | 1,002 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #175 | 1,120 | — | |
| 1929 | #175 | 1,158 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #170 | 1,236 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | #177 | 1,176 | — | |
| 1926 | #180 | 1,159 | — | |
| 1925 | #191 | 1,092 | — | |
| 1924 | #189 | 1,153 | — | |
| 1923 | #188 | 1,160 | — | |
| 1922 | #191 | 1,104 | — | |
| 1921 | #193 | 1,074 | — | |
| 1920 | #200 | 984 | — | |
| 1919 | #204 | 910 | — | |
| 1918 | #210 | 890 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #213 | 809 | — | |
| 1916 | #216 | 787 | — | |
| 1915 | #197 | 840 | — | |
| 1914 | #215 | 584 | — | |
| 1913 | #224 | 462 | — | |
| 1912 | #214 | 433 | — | |
| 1911 | #225 | 309 | — | |
| 1910 | #227 | 281 | — | |
| 1909 | #255 | 197 | — | |
| 1908 | #264 | 180 | — | |
| 1907 | #254 | 184 | — | |
| 1906 | #255 | 164 | — | |
| 1905 | #266 | 152 | — | |
| 1904 | #234 | 173 | — | |
| 1903 | #276 | 127 | — | |
| 1902 | #246 | 155 | — | |
| 1901 | #273 | 118 | — | |
| 1900 | #300 | 121 | — | |
| 1899 | #289 | 103 | — | |
| 1898 | #312 | 101 | — | |
| 1897 | #281 | 102 | — | |
| 1896 | #299 | 95 | — | |
| 1895 | #314 | 86 | — | |
| 1894 | #307 | 81 | — | |
| 1893 | #291 | 86 | — | |
| 1892 | #295 | 84 | — | |
| 1891 | #296 | 71 | — | |
| 1890 | #337 | 57 | — | |
| 1889 | #321 | 58 | — | |
| 1888 | #296 | 63 | — | |
| 1887 | #283 | 57 | — | |
| 1886 | #294 | 49 | — | |
| 1885 | #283 | 49 | — | |
| 1884 | #268 | 53 | — | |
| 1883 | #386 | 23 | — | |
| 1882 | #278 | 40 | — | |
| 1881 | #312 | 26 | — | |
| 1880 | #250 | 39 | — | |
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.
Where Rosalie is popular in 1987
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Washington#534 · 1 in 3,884
- Massachusetts#550 · 1 in 5,126
- New Jersey#681 · 1 in 6,224
- Pennsylvania#687 · 1 in 6,922
- California#789 · 1 in 6,722
Best ever in a state: #25 in Maryland, 1938.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | #534 | 7 | 1 in 3,884 |
| Massachusetts | #550 | 7 | 1 in 5,126 |
| New Jersey | #681 | 7 | 1 in 6,224 |
| Pennsylvania | #687 | 10 | 1 in 6,922 |
| California | #789 | 32 | 1 in 6,722 |
| Ohio | #913 | 6 | 1 in 11,284 |
| New York | #971 | 12 | 1 in 9,322 |
| Illinois | #1,133 | 6 | 1 in 12,097 |
| Texas | #1,281 | 9 | 1 in 14,319 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Rosalie
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1938 at #66 (3,758 births)
- Births halved by 1940, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 1 yr · 1938
- Top 1,000: 125 yrs · run 1880–1986
- Highest: 1 in 294 girls born in 1938 were named Rosalie (0.34%)
- Latest: 1 in 894 girls born in 2025 (0.11%)
- 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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 457 | #250 (1880) | #297 |
| 1890s | 866 | #281 (1897) | #302 |
| 1900s | 1,571 | #234 (1904) | #262 |
| 1910s | 6,305 | #197 (1915) | #215 |
| 1920s | 11,296 | #170 (1928) | #185 |
| 1930s | 13,713 | #66 (1938) | #169 |
| 1940s | 12,587 | #139 (1940) | #190 |
| 1950s | 6,790 | #259 (1950) | #333 |
| 1960s | 3,645 | #428 (1960) | #527 |
| 1970s | 1,679 | #778 (1973) | #833 |
| 1980s | 1,672 | #815 (1982) | #940 |
| 1990s | 1,405 | #1,097 (1991) | #1,250 |
| 2000s | 1,621 | #831 (2009) | #1,389 |
| 2010s | 10,535 | #208 (2019) | #337 |
| 2020s | 9,907 | #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 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 11,991 of them was named Rosalie, which outranked 92.0% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,052Hilda146
- #1,052Juliet146
- #1,052Kiersten146
- #1,058Rosalie145
- #1,058Fabiola145
- #1,058Kellye145
- #1,058Kiera145
- #1,064Chaya144
- #1,064Gail144
- #1,064Kendal144
Tied with 5 names at #1,058; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.