Rosemary
#251 for girls in 2025, 1,222 births · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #8,117
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1946 · 4,486 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 20 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 163,165since 1882
Rosemary 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 | #251 | 1,222 | — | |
| 2024 | #301 | 1,048 | — | |
| 2023 | #310 | 995 | — | |
| 2022 | #364 | 873 | — | |
| 2021 | #363 | 846 | — | |
| 2020 | #442 | 698 | — | |
| 2019 | #402 | 771 | — | |
| 2018 | #452 | 699 | — | |
| 2017 | #453 | 699 | — | |
| 2016 | #436 | 740 | — | |
| 2015 | #517 | 607 | — | |
| 2014 | #570 | 537 | — | |
| 2013 | #531 | 563 | — | |
| 2012 | #600 | 479 | — | |
| 2011 | #651 | 439 | — | |
| 2010 | #712 | 396 | — | |
| 2009 | #716 | 404 | — | |
| 2008 | #746 | 398 | — | |
| 2007 | #720 | 406 | — | |
| 2006 | #686 | 411 | — | |
| 2005 | #745 | 362 | — | |
| 2004 | #712 | 376 | — | |
| 2003 | #658 | 403 | — | |
| 2002 | #632 | 403 | — | |
| 2001 | #624 | 401 | — | |
| 2000 | #631 | 397 | — | |
| 1999 | #629 | 375 | — | |
| 1998 | #608 | 395 | — | |
| 1997 | #651 | 339 | — | |
| 1996 | #554 | 421 | — | |
| 1995 | #570 | 403 | — | |
| 1994 | #572 | 402 | — | |
| 1993 | #594 | 395 | — | |
| 1992 | #560 | 420 | — | |
| 1991 | #550 | 429 | — | |
| 1990 | #509 | 472 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #504 | 466 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #510 | 431 | — | |
| 1987 | #476 | 455 | — | |
| 1986 | #455 | 473 | — | |
| 1985 | #431 | 512 | — | |
| 1984 | #429 | 490 | — | |
| 1983 | #433 | 489 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #420 | 532 | — | |
| 1981 | #400 | 565 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #395 | 576 | — | |
| 1979 | #427 | 489 | — | |
| 1978 | #441 | 453 | — | |
| 1977 | #444 | 460 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #404 | 497 | — | |
| 1975 | #384 | 534 | — | |
| 1974 | #348 | 624 | — | |
| 1973 | #349 | 609 | — | |
| 1972 | #357 | 617 | — | |
| 1971 | #341 | 743 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #331 | 797 | — | |
| 1969 | #322 | 794 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #296 | 876 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #281 | 914 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #254 | 1,122 | — | |
| 1965 | #241 | 1,276 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #214 | 1,629 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #205 | 1,729 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #195 | 1,939 | #2,848 | 9 |
| 1961 | #181 | 2,133 | — | |
| 1960 | #181 | 2,192 | — | |
| 1959 | #173 | 2,230 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #171 | 2,223 | — | |
| 1957 | #168 | 2,275 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #175 | 2,066 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #171 | 2,015 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #160 | 2,192 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #147 | 2,432 | — | |
| 1952 | #130 | 2,787 | — | |
| 1951 | #109 | 3,345 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #101 | 3,455 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #98 | 3,633 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | #90 | 3,870 | #2,326 | 11 |
| 1947 | #80 | 4,542 | — | |
| 1946 | #74 | 4,486 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | #79 | 3,500 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #99 | 2,744 | #2,080 | 12 |
| 1943 | #97 | 2,966 | #2,182 | 12 |
| 1942 | #92 | 3,005 | #2,268 | 11 |
| 1941 | #94 | 2,677 | #2,491 | 9 |
| 1940 | #85 | 2,874 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #93 | 2,612 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #95 | 2,681 | #2,185 | 11 |
| 1937 | #110 | 2,307 | #2,197 | 11 |
| 1936 | #111 | 2,148 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #97 | 2,394 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #111 | 2,132 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #102 | 2,227 | #2,738 | 8 |
| 1932 | #100 | 2,483 | #2,465 | 10 |
| 1931 | #88 | 2,722 | #2,003 | 14 |
| 1930 | #82 | 3,151 | — | |
| 1929 | #80 | 3,107 | #2,096 | 14 |
| 1928 | #88 | 2,972 | #3,076 | 8 |
| 1927 | #86 | 3,153 | #2,408 | 12 |
| 1926 | #95 | 2,900 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #103 | 2,755 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #106 | 2,734 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #110 | 2,427 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #120 | 2,170 | — | |
| 1921 | #128 | 2,034 | — | |
| 1920 | #141 | 1,713 | — | |
| 1919 | #165 | 1,330 | — | |
| 1918 | #171 | 1,259 | — | |
| 1917 | #176 | 1,124 | — | |
| 1916 | #184 | 996 | — | |
| 1915 | #201 | 820 | — | |
| 1914 | #224 | 563 | — | |
| 1913 | #245 | 388 | — | |
| 1912 | #259 | 298 | — | |
| 1911 | #312 | 160 | — | |
| 1910 | #325 | 141 | — | |
| 1909 | #323 | 123 | — | |
| 1908 | #375 | 91 | — | |
| 1907 | #376 | 87 | — | |
| 1906 | #440 | 61 | — | |
| 1905 | #423 | 64 | — | |
| 1904 | #438 | 54 | — | |
| 1903 | #461 | 48 | — | |
| 1902 | #528 | 37 | — | |
| 1901 | #577 | 29 | — | |
| 1900 | #531 | 40 | — | |
| 1899 | #644 | 23 | — | |
| 1898 | #597 | 29 | — | |
| 1897 | #554 | 29 | — | |
| 1896 | #754 | 18 | — | |
| 1895 | #638 | 23 | — | |
| 1894 | #905 | 12 | — | |
| 1893 | #594 | 23 | — | |
| 1892 | #726 | 16 | — | |
| 1891 | #839 | 11 | — | |
| 1890 | #667 | 16 | — | |
| 1889 | #687 | 14 | — | |
| 1888 | #959 | 8 | — | |
| 1887 | #693 | 11 | — | |
| 1886 | #693 | 11 | — | |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | — | |
| 1884 | #851 | 7 | — | |
| 1883 | #692 | 8 | — | |
| 1882 | #634 | 9 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Rosemary! It came in at #634, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1885, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
See more about Rosemary
- 50 spots since 2024 (#301 → #251)
- 191 spots since 2020 (#442 → #251)
- 266 spots since 2015 (#517 → #251)
- Biggest jump: 354 spots in 1886 (#1,047 → #693)
- Biggest drop: 311 spots in 1894 (#594 → #905)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1946 at #74 (4,486 births)
- Births halved by 1954, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 20 yrs · run 1938–1949
- Top 1,000: 143 yrs · run 1886–2025
- Highest: 1 in 350 girls born in 1946 were named Rosemary (0.29%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,315 girls born in 2025 (0.08%)
- 21.0% of all girls named Rosemary (34,297) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 73 | #634 (1882) | #782 |
| 1890s | 200 | #554 (1897) | #692 |
| 1900s | 634 | #323 (1909) | #447 |
| 1910s | 7,079 | #165 (1919) | #226 |
| 1920s | 25,965 | #80 (1929) | #106 |
| 1930s | 24,857 | #82 (1930) | #99 |
| 1940s | 34,297 | #74 (1946) | #89 |
| 1950s | 25,020 | #101 (1950) | #151 |
| 1960s | 14,604 | #181 (1960) | #237 |
| 1970s | 5,823 | #331 (1970) | #383 |
| 1980s | 4,989 | #395 (1980) | #445 |
| 1990s | 4,051 | #509 (1990) | #580 |
| 2000s | 3,961 | #624 (2001) | #687 |
| 2010s | 5,930 | #402 (2019) | #532 |
| 2020s | 5,682 | #251 (2025) | #339 |
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.
Rosemary in 1956
Top girls' names in 1956
Top boys' names in 1956
More about 1956
girls
2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 972 of them was named Rosemary, which outranked 97.5% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 302,186 of them was named Rosemary, which outranked 27.8% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,969Zan8
- #2,969Zebbie8
- #2,969Zev8
- #3,216Rosemary7
- #3,216Abron7
- #3,216Adelbert7
- #3,216Admiral7
- #3,535Abbie6
- #3,535Abbott6
- #3,535Abie6
Tied with 318 names at #3,216; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.