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

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Peak · girls
1910 · 736 births
Debut · girls
106 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
85,556
since 1880

Rosie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Rosie has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #114, 1910girls
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2831,088
2024#310992
2023#392785
2022#423747
2021#456686
2020#469652
2019#563545
2018#618486
2017#678433
2016#719396
2015#775365
2014#844327
2013#860300
2012#1,096225
2011#1,598135
2010#1,649129
2009#1,584142
2008#1,597142
2007#1,689130
2006#1,672126
2005#1,704116
2004#1,781107
2003#1,720110
2002#1,500126
2001#1,660109
2000#1,730101
1999#1,560108
1998#1,219150
1997#1,204150
1996#1,314130
1995#1,279131
1994#1,444110
1993#1,372120
1992#1,381119
1991#1,395115
1990#1,110157
1989#1,259125
1988#1,239120
1987#1,363100
1986#1,187119
1985#1,178120
1984#1,035137
1983#1,060131
1982#950156
1981#927162
1980#959154
1979#912162
1978#898160
1977#835179
1976#832166
1975#821166
1974#859152
1973#662225
1972#653234
1971#632262
1970#646255
1969#576294
1968#562289
1967#514340
1966#479381
1965#436470
1964#418541
1963#397582#3,6466
1962#383599#3,3057
1961#368679
1960#353745#2,8719
1959#335807
1958#294917#3,9445
1957#285983#3,0248
1956#2691,013#3,9425
1955#2651,024
1954#2501,072
1953#257999#3,1437
1952#2471,004
1951#2331,088
1950#2291,105#2,5809
1949#2161,212
1948#2151,151#3,0107
1947#2141,209
1946#2051,183#2,5349
1945#1861,095#2,9966
1944#1931,090#2,6338
1943#1931,127#1,91015
1942#1891,110#2,04213
1941#1771,107#1,90314
1940#1741,119#1,47121
1939#1711,160#2,15911
1938#1701,194#2,8687
1937#1781,121#2,4799
1936#1731,111#1,72316
1935#1661,188#1,70817
1934#1601,240#1,78316
1933#1551,180#2,09312
1932#1521,314#1,84816
1931#1551,207#2,47110
1930#1531,345#2,29312
1929#1541,366#1,61121
1928#1561,385#2,27013
1927#1521,560#1,69221
1926#1561,492#2,18614
1925#1561,516#3,1558
1924#1631,482#3,5057
1923#1661,395#2,22414
1922#1651,385#4,3075
1921#1701,313#2,9869
1920#1621,396#3,4897
1919#1581,398#3,7366
1918#1741,190#2,26013
1917#1791,099#3,5456
1916#1811,030#3,8975
1915#174975#1,70717
1914#153957#1,97511
1913#156744#2,0928
1912#138793
1911#131643
1910#114736
1909#119604
1908#139502
1907#132511#1,3455
1906#127497
1905#127500
1904#127468
1903#132423
1902#134417
1901#148330
1900#116576
1899#140332
1898#153330
1897#141339
1896#150314
1895#141322#1,0795
1894#152288
1893#162242
1892#156249
1891#136264
1890#150238
1889#142239
1888#150211
1887#152162
1886#175133
1885#154142
1884#140152
1883#155115
1882#129140
1881#15885
1880#141106
First appearance
1880

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 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedMNIllinois: #817 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 7,137 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedWIMichigan: #817 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 7,809 girlsMINew York: #1,702 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 20,343 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedINOhio: #1,007 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 11,816 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #846 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,994 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #640 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 4,686 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedNEMissouri: #707 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,570 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedDEArizona: #658 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,377 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedHITexas: #1,007 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 9,172 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. California#640 · 1 in 4,686
  2. Arizona#658 · 1 in 4,377
  3. Missouri#707 · 1 in 6,570
  4. Illinois#817 · 1 in 7,137
  5. Michigan#817 · 1 in 7,809

Best ever in a state: #5 in Mississippi, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
California#640561 in 4,686
Arizona#65861 in 4,377
Missouri#70751 in 6,570
Illinois#817111 in 7,137
Michigan#81781 in 7,809
New Jersey#84661 in 7,994
Ohio#1,00761 in 11,816
Texas#1,007151 in 9,172
New York#1,70261 in 20,343
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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
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1910 at #114 (736 births)
  • Births halved by 1967, 57 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 116 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 116 yrs · run 1880–1982
Share of babies · girls
1 in 520
  • 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
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,485#129 (1882)#150
1890s2,918#136 (1891)#148
1900s4,828#116 (1900)#130
1910s9,565#114 (1910)#156
1920s14,290#152 (1927)#160
1930s12,060#152 (1932)#163
1940s11,403#174 (1940)#196
1950s10,012#229 (1950)#266
1960s4,920#353 (1960)#449
1970s1,961#632 (1971)#775
1980s1,324#927 (1981)#1,116
1990s1,290#1,110 (1990)#1,328
2000s1,209#1,500 (2002)#1,664
2010s3,341#563 (2019)#940
2020s4,950#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 1990

girls
#1,110
157 births · 1 in 12,093 girls

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #1,110Rosie157
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 12,093 of them was named Rosie, which outranked 92.7% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rosie
  1. #1,104Lucinda158
  2. #1,104Rosalie158
  3. #1,104Shaneka158
  4. #1,110Rosie157
  5. #1,110Alena157
  6. #1,110Cathryn157
  7. #1,110Female157
  8. #1,120Austin156
  9. #1,120Erinn156
  10. #1,120Jalissa156

Tied with 9 names at #1,110; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. 5,592Alannah#6,531#939
  2. 1,178Symone#1,998#820
  3. 869Shelbi#1,750#881
  4. 831Latifah#1,532#701
  5. 828Skyler#1,564#736
Fallers
  1. 2,554Elizabet#524#3,078
  2. 1,572Katherin#717#2,289
  3. 652Stephani#390#1,042
  4. 504Ashanti#893#1,397
  5. 416Audrianna#759#1,175

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

See the top 100 for 1990