Rosebud

Last seen for girls in 1973 at #8,423

Peak · girls
1904 · 11 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
738
since 1888

Rosebud over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Rosebud has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201888peak #1,092, 1904girls
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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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1973#8,4235
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1956#5,9525
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1952#4,4837
1951
1950#4,7386
1949#4,6736
1948#3,5939
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1945#3,6767
1944#3,3788
1943#2,44714
1942#4,6225
1941#2,53212
1940
1939#3,4297
1938#2,73010
1937#2,73510
1936#2,68910
1935
1934#3,1598
1933#2,40412
1932#2,23514
1931#2,42712
1930#2,69011
1929#2,19115
1928#2,09417
1927#1,42332
1926#1,93220
1925#1,94620
1924#1,77024
1923#1,38833
1922#1,40333
1921#1,23739
1920#1,37533
1919#1,29735
1918#1,75422
1917#1,65222
1916#1,80519
1915#1,73819
1914#1,22825
1913#1,67013
1912#1,84410
1911#2,1916
1910#1,9357
1909#1,36910
1908#1,35710
1907#1,20611
1906#1,4168
1905#1,4208
1904#1,09211
1903#1,3188
1902#1,5946
1901#1,6795
1900#1,3199
1899#1,5965
1898
1897#1,1678
1896#1,5835
1895
1894#1,3536
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1888#1,1366
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First appearance
1888

The first year at least five girls were named Rosebud! It came in at #1,136, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1889–1893, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Rosebud
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1973
Rise & fade · girls
16 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1904 at #1,092 (11 births)
  • Births halved by 1935, 31 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 25,033
  • Highest: 1 in 25,033 girls born in 1904 were named Rosebud (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 291,642 girls born in 1973 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 36.0% of all girls named Rosebud (266) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#1,136 (1888)#1,136
1890s24#1,167 (1897)#1,425
1900s86#1,092 (1904)#1,377
1910s178#1,228 (1914)#1,711
1920s266#1,237 (1921)#1,676
1930s94#2,235 (1932)#2,722
1940s61#2,447 (1943)#3,560
1950s18#4,483 (1952)#5,058
1960s0
1970s5#8,423 (1973)#8,423

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.

Rosebud in 1888

girls
#1,136
6 births · 1 in 29,770 girls

Top girls' names in 1888

  1. #1Mary11,754
  2. #2Anna4,982
  3. #3Elizabeth3,224
  4. #4Emma3,087
  5. #5Margaret2,904
  6. #6Minnie2,654
  7. #7Bertha2,450
  8. #8Florence2,444
  9. #9Ethel2,374
  10. #10Bessie2,278
  11. #1,136Rosebud6
More about 1888

girls

178,622 girls got a published name in 1888; 1 in 29,770 of them was named Rosebud, which outranked 22.9% of the 1,474 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rosebud
  1. #1,036Yvonne7
  2. #1,036Zadie7
  3. #1,036Zilla7
  4. #1,136Rosebud6
  5. #1,136Adra6
  6. #1,136Aggie6
  7. #1,136Allice6
  8. #1,276Adel5
  9. #1,276Adelle5
  10. #1,276Adina5

Tied with 139 names at #1,136; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1887
Risers
  1. 535Zilpha#1,147#612
  2. 511Eudora#1,147#636
  3. 478Lorraine#1,036#558
  4. 457Dillie#1,147#690
  5. 457Leanna#1,147#690
Fallers
  1. 643Anabel#633#1,276
  2. 583Tennessee#693#1,276
  3. 576Diana#560#1,136
  4. 576Hope#560#1,136
  5. 550Margaretha#586#1,136

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

See the top 100 for 1888