Rosie
#283 for girls in 2025, 1,088 births · Last seen for boys in 1963 at #3,646
Given to girls 99.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1910 · 736 births
- Debut · girls
- 106 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 85,556since 1880
Rosie over time
Rank among girls' names. Rosie has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | #283 | 1,088 | — | |
| 2024 | #310 | 992 | — | |
| 2023 | #392 | 785 | — | |
| 2022 | #423 | 747 | — | |
| 2021 | #456 | 686 | — | |
| 2020 | #469 | 652 | — | |
| 2019 | #563 | 545 | — | |
| 2018 | #618 | 486 | — | |
| 2017 | #678 | 433 | — | |
| 2016 | #719 | 396 | — | |
| 2015 | #775 | 365 | — | |
| 2014 | #844 | 327 | — | |
| 2013 | #860 | 300 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,096 | 225 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,598 | 135 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,649 | 129 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,584 | 142 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,597 | 142 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,689 | 130 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,672 | 126 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,704 | 116 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,781 | 107 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,720 | 110 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,500 | 126 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,660 | 109 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,730 | 101 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,560 | 108 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,219 | 150 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,204 | 150 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,314 | 130 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,279 | 131 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,444 | 110 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,372 | 120 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,381 | 119 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,395 | 115 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,110 | 157 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,259 | 125 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,239 | 120 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,363 | 100 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,187 | 119 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,178 | 120 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,035 | 137 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,060 | 131 | — | |
| 1982 | #950 | 156 | — | |
| 1981 | #927 | 162 | — | |
| 1980 | #959 | 154 | — | |
| 1979 | #912 | 162 | — | |
| 1978 | #898 | 160 | — | |
| 1977 | #835 | 179 | — | |
| 1976 | #832 | 166 | — | |
| 1975 | #821 | 166 | — | |
| 1974 | #859 | 152 | — | |
| 1973 | #662 | 225 | — | |
| 1972 | #653 | 234 | — | |
| 1971 | #632 | 262 | — | |
| 1970 | #646 | 255 | — | |
| 1969 | #576 | 294 | — | |
| 1968 | #562 | 289 | — | |
| 1967 | #514 | 340 | — | |
| 1966 | #479 | 381 | — | |
| 1965 | #436 | 470 | — | |
| 1964 | #418 | 541 | — | |
| 1963 | #397 | 582 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #383 | 599 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #368 | 679 | — | |
| 1960 | #353 | 745 | #2,871 | 9 |
| 1959 | #335 | 807 | — | |
| 1958 | #294 | 917 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #285 | 983 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #269 | 1,013 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #265 | 1,024 | — | |
| 1954 | #250 | 1,072 | — | |
| 1953 | #257 | 999 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #247 | 1,004 | — | |
| 1951 | #233 | 1,088 | — | |
| 1950 | #229 | 1,105 | #2,580 | 9 |
| 1949 | #216 | 1,212 | — | |
| 1948 | #215 | 1,151 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #214 | 1,209 | — | |
| 1946 | #205 | 1,183 | #2,534 | 9 |
| 1945 | #186 | 1,095 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #193 | 1,090 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | #193 | 1,127 | #1,910 | 15 |
| 1942 | #189 | 1,110 | #2,042 | 13 |
| 1941 | #177 | 1,107 | #1,903 | 14 |
| 1940 | #174 | 1,119 | #1,471 | 21 |
| 1939 | #171 | 1,160 | #2,159 | 11 |
| 1938 | #170 | 1,194 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #178 | 1,121 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #173 | 1,111 | #1,723 | 16 |
| 1935 | #166 | 1,188 | #1,708 | 17 |
| 1934 | #160 | 1,240 | #1,783 | 16 |
| 1933 | #155 | 1,180 | #2,093 | 12 |
| 1932 | #152 | 1,314 | #1,848 | 16 |
| 1931 | #155 | 1,207 | #2,471 | 10 |
| 1930 | #153 | 1,345 | #2,293 | 12 |
| 1929 | #154 | 1,366 | #1,611 | 21 |
| 1928 | #156 | 1,385 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1927 | #152 | 1,560 | #1,692 | 21 |
| 1926 | #156 | 1,492 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1925 | #156 | 1,516 | #3,155 | 8 |
| 1924 | #163 | 1,482 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #166 | 1,395 | #2,224 | 14 |
| 1922 | #165 | 1,385 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #170 | 1,313 | #2,986 | 9 |
| 1920 | #162 | 1,396 | #3,489 | 7 |
| 1919 | #158 | 1,398 | #3,736 | 6 |
| 1918 | #174 | 1,190 | #2,260 | 13 |
| 1917 | #179 | 1,099 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #181 | 1,030 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #174 | 975 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1914 | #153 | 957 | #1,975 | 11 |
| 1913 | #156 | 744 | #2,092 | 8 |
| 1912 | #138 | 793 | — | |
| 1911 | #131 | 643 | — | |
| 1910 | #114 | 736 | — | |
| 1909 | #119 | 604 | — | |
| 1908 | #139 | 502 | — | |
| 1907 | #132 | 511 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | #127 | 497 | — | |
| 1905 | #127 | 500 | — | |
| 1904 | #127 | 468 | — | |
| 1903 | #132 | 423 | — | |
| 1902 | #134 | 417 | — | |
| 1901 | #148 | 330 | — | |
| 1900 | #116 | 576 | — | |
| 1899 | #140 | 332 | — | |
| 1898 | #153 | 330 | — | |
| 1897 | #141 | 339 | — | |
| 1896 | #150 | 314 | — | |
| 1895 | #141 | 322 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | #152 | 288 | — | |
| 1893 | #162 | 242 | — | |
| 1892 | #156 | 249 | — | |
| 1891 | #136 | 264 | — | |
| 1890 | #150 | 238 | — | |
| 1889 | #142 | 239 | — | |
| 1888 | #150 | 211 | — | |
| 1887 | #152 | 162 | — | |
| 1886 | #175 | 133 | — | |
| 1885 | #154 | 142 | — | |
| 1884 | #140 | 152 | — | |
| 1883 | #155 | 115 | — | |
| 1882 | #129 | 140 | — | |
| 1881 | #158 | 85 | — | |
| 1880 | #141 | 106 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Rosie was already there! It came in at #141, and was given to 106 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 110 girls a year got the name.
Where Rosie is popular in 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#15 · 1 in 108
- Alabama#61 · 1 in 252
- Arkansas#63 · 1 in 273
- Arizona#66 · 1 in 255
- Louisiana#71 · 1 in 263
Best ever in a state: #5 in Mississippi, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #15 | 209 | 1 in 108 |
| Alabama | #61 | 117 | 1 in 252 |
| Arkansas | #63 | 70 | 1 in 273 |
| Arizona | #66 | 19 | 1 in 255 |
| Louisiana | #71 | 89 | 1 in 263 |
| New Mexico | #98 | 17 | 1 in 345 |
| Texas | #100 | 132 | 1 in 455 |
| Tennessee | #108 | 54 | 1 in 522 |
| California | #129 | 82 | 1 in 609 |
| Georgia | #138 | 54 | 1 in 588 |
| Kentucky | #159 | 36 | 1 in 796 |
| Oklahoma | #172 | 23 | 1 in 877 |
| Colorado | #181 | 9 | 1 in 1,009 |
| Virginia | #193 | 23 | 1 in 1,075 |
| North Carolina | #203 | 32 | 1 in 1,177 |
| Missouri | #229 | 17 | 1 in 1,645 |
| Florida | #254 | 10 | 1 in 1,482 |
| Ohio | #256 | 20 | 1 in 2,635 |
| Maryland | #258 | 6 | 1 in 2,167 |
| South Carolina | #266 | 12 | 1 in 1,825 |
| Washington | #274 | 5 | 1 in 2,312 |
| Illinois | #300 | 18 | 1 in 3,126 |
| West Virginia | #340 | 6 | 1 in 3,156 |
| Indiana | #368 | 6 | 1 in 4,476 |
| Pennsylvania | #425 | 11 | 1 in 6,818 |
| New York | #624 | 7 | 1 in 12,816 |
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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 Rosie
- 27 spots since 2024 (#310 → #283)
- 186 spots since 2020 (#469 → #283)
- 492 spots since 2015 (#775 → #283)
- Biggest jump: 236 spots in 2013 (#1,096 → #860)
- Biggest drop: 197 spots in 1974 (#662 → #859)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1910 at #114 (736 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 57 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 116 yrs · run 1880–1982
- Highest: 1 in 520 girls born in 1900 were named Rosie (0.19%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,477 girls born in 2025 (0.07%)
- Its best rank, #114 in 1910, was only 1 in 539 (0.19%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 16.7% of all girls named Rosie (14,290) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #114 (1910) → #1,781 (2004) → #283 (2025)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,485 | #129 (1882) | #150 |
| 1890s | 2,918 | #136 (1891) | #148 |
| 1900s | 4,828 | #116 (1900) | #130 |
| 1910s | 9,565 | #114 (1910) | #156 |
| 1920s | 14,290 | #152 (1927) | #160 |
| 1930s | 12,060 | #152 (1932) | #163 |
| 1940s | 11,403 | #174 (1940) | #196 |
| 1950s | 10,012 | #229 (1950) | #266 |
| 1960s | 4,920 | #353 (1960) | #449 |
| 1970s | 1,961 | #632 (1971) | #775 |
| 1980s | 1,324 | #927 (1981) | #1,116 |
| 1990s | 1,290 | #1,110 (1990) | #1,328 |
| 2000s | 1,209 | #1,500 (2002) | #1,664 |
| 2010s | 3,341 | #563 (2019) | #940 |
| 2020s | 4,950 | #283 (2025) | #389 |
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.
Rosie in 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 1,022 of them was named Rosie, which outranked 96.5% 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).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 55,199 of them was named Rosie, which outranked 62.6% 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).
- #1,433Westley22
- #1,433Winton22
- #1,433Wright22
- #1,471Rosie21
- #1,471Ace21
- #1,471Adolf21
- #1,471Adrain21
- #1,519Aldo20
- #1,519Anita20
- #1,519Antoine20
Tied with 47 names at #1,471; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.