Rosevelt

Last seen for boys in 1993 at #8,700

Peak · boys
1905 · 47 births
Debut · boys
20 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,074
since 1900

Rosevelt over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Rosevelt has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201912peak #290, 1905boys
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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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1993#8,7005
1992
1991#8,2365
1990#8,1175
1989
1988#7,2705
1987#6,0896
1986
1985#3,80511
1984#4,9737
1983
1982#5,6196
1981#4,5098
1980#5,5256
1979
1978#5,0596
1977#4,5827
1976#4,9356
1975
1974
1973
1972#3,6228
1971#3,14610
1970#3,8367
1969#2,86110
1968#4,1365
1967#3,2317
1966#3,5376
1965#2,17814
1964#2,54611
1963#2,04416
1962#2,8489
1961#2,9009
1960#2,68510
1959#2,03316
1958#1,48328
1957#1,71522
1956#2,01516
1955#1,97916
1954#1,82618
1953#1,67721
1952#1,48526
1951#1,21836
1950#1,39527
1949#1,12839
1948#1,32330
1947#1,10843
1946#1,21733
1945#92748
1944#93547
1943#92352
1942#92352
1941#92547
1940#71872
1939#72668
1938#76464
1937#67179
1936#68575
1935#67878
1934#582103
1933#509122
1932#545116
1931#80860
1930#94451
1929#78867
1928#75273
1927#77472
1926#90255
1925#85161
1924#85964
1923#1,04146
1922#88261
1921#96253
1920#94054
1919#79067
1918#93351
1917#94646
1916#86453
1915#85752
1914#77746
1913#68144
1912#66840
1911#49735
1910#46135
1909#47329
1908#47527
1907#39632
1906#35035
1905#29047
1904#32837
1903#38126
1902#42623
1901#55913
1900#53420
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First appearance
1900

The first year at least five boys were named Rosevelt! It came in at #534, and was given to 20 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1973–1975, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Rosevelt
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1993
  • Biggest jump: 263 spots in 1932 (#808#545)
  • Biggest drop: 290 spots in 1946 (#927#1,217)
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1900
  • Peaked 1905 at #290 (47 births)
  • Births halved by 1953, 48 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 45 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1900–1922
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,815
  • Highest: 1 in 2,815 boys born in 1905 were named Rosevelt (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 392,266 boys born in 1993 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1930s
  • 26.5% of all boys named Rosevelt (816) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s289#290 (1905)#421
1910s469#461 (1910)#747
1920s606#752 (1928)#875
1930s816#509 (1933)#691
1940s463#718 (1940)#1,013
1950s226#1,218 (1951)#1,683
1960s97#2,044 (1963)#2,897
1970s44#3,146 (1971)#4,197
1980s49#3,805 (1985)#5,399
1990s15#8,117 (1990)#8,351

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

Rosevelt in 1912

boys
#668
40 births · 1 in 10,749 boys

Top boys' names in 1912

  1. #1John24,588
  2. #2William19,626
  3. #3James17,644
  4. #4Robert12,836
  5. #5Joseph12,062
  6. #6George11,734
  7. #7Charles11,070
  8. #8Edward7,936
  9. #9Frank7,912
  10. #10Thomas6,087
  11. #668Rosevelt40
More about 1912

boys

429,942 boys got a published name in 1912; 1 in 10,749 of them was named Rosevelt, which outranked 77.0% of the 2,905 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rosevelt
  1. #659Orin41
  2. #659Roberto41
  3. #659Seth41
  4. #668Rosevelt40
  5. #668Abel40
  6. #668Alford40
  7. #668Benton40
  8. #681Alberto39
  9. #681Galen39
  10. #681General39

Tied with 12 names at #668; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1911
Risers
  1. 864Arlo#1,740#876
  2. 848Guss#1,740#892
  3. 805Courtney#1,740#935
  4. 805Erling#1,740#935
  5. 805Masao#1,740#935
Fallers
  1. 1,688Rosendo#856#2,544
  2. 1,063Metro#982#2,045
  3. 1,057Lawyer#689#1,746
  4. 903Hymen#982#1,885
  5. 903Mathias#982#1,885

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

See the top 100 for 1912