Rossie
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · Last seen for boys in 1996 at #9,015
Given to girls 70.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1891 · 23 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,818since 1883
Rossie over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | #11,932 | 7 | — | |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | — | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | — | |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | — | |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 | — | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | — | |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | — | |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,113 | 10 | — | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | — | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | — | |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | — | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | — | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | — | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | — | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | — | |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | — | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | — | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | — | |
| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | — | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | — | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | — | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | — | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | — | |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | — | |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | — | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | — | |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | — | #5,059 | 6 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,582 | 7 | |
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | #3,941 | 8 | |
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | — | |
| 1968 | — | #2,907 | 9 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | #2,327 | 12 |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | — | #3,646 | 6 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,640 | 6 | |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 | — | |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 | #2,315 | 13 |
| 1959 | — | #3,988 | 5 | |
| 1958 | #3,379 | 13 | #2,370 | 12 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #2,628 | 10 |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 | #2,435 | 11 |
| 1954 | — | #2,316 | 12 | |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #3,372 | 11 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | #2,810 | 14 | #2,662 | 9 |
| 1950 | #2,781 | 14 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1949 | #2,850 | 13 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | #2,416 | 17 | #2,115 | 13 |
| 1947 | #2,769 | 14 | #1,988 | 15 |
| 1946 | #2,880 | 12 | #2,030 | 13 |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | #2,131 | 11 |
| 1944 | #2,625 | 12 | #2,195 | 11 |
| 1943 | #1,994 | 19 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | #1,981 | 19 | #2,145 | 12 |
| 1941 | #2,846 | 10 | #2,491 | 9 |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | #2,125 | 15 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #1,945 | 17 | #1,976 | 13 |
| 1937 | #2,317 | 13 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #1,801 | 18 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #1,663 | 21 | #1,656 | 18 |
| 1934 | #1,263 | 32 | #2,266 | 11 |
| 1933 | #1,330 | 29 | #3,004 | 7 |
| 1932 | #1,877 | 18 | #1,548 | 21 |
| 1931 | #1,686 | 21 | #2,471 | 10 |
| 1930 | #1,748 | 21 | #1,889 | 16 |
| 1929 | #1,555 | 25 | #1,933 | 16 |
| 1928 | #1,310 | 34 | #1,760 | 19 |
| 1927 | #1,587 | 27 | #2,408 | 12 |
| 1926 | #1,357 | 34 | #3,139 | 8 |
| 1925 | #1,176 | 43 | #2,755 | 10 |
| 1924 | #1,328 | 37 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1923 | #1,598 | 27 | #2,614 | 11 |
| 1922 | #1,536 | 29 | #2,486 | 12 |
| 1921 | #1,184 | 42 | #1,904 | 18 |
| 1920 | #1,171 | 42 | #1,747 | 20 |
| 1919 | #882 | 63 | #1,386 | 27 |
| 1918 | #1,184 | 40 | #2,260 | 13 |
| 1917 | #1,162 | 38 | #1,900 | 16 |
| 1916 | #1,246 | 33 | #1,849 | 16 |
| 1915 | #1,140 | 36 | #1,600 | 19 |
| 1914 | #798 | 53 | #1,545 | 16 |
| 1913 | #1,067 | 26 | #1,803 | 10 |
| 1912 | #903 | 31 | #1,619 | 10 |
| 1911 | #1,241 | 14 | — | |
| 1910 | #845 | 26 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | #761 | 28 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | #1,084 | 14 | — | |
| 1907 | #775 | 23 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | #793 | 21 | #1,004 | 7 |
| 1905 | #1,011 | 14 | — | |
| 1904 | #773 | 21 | — | |
| 1903 | #734 | 21 | — | |
| 1902 | #972 | 13 | #1,013 | 6 |
| 1901 | #795 | 17 | — | |
| 1900 | #688 | 27 | #836 | 10 |
| 1899 | #878 | 14 | — | |
| 1898 | #790 | 18 | — | |
| 1897 | #931 | 12 | #852 | 7 |
| 1896 | #707 | 20 | #1,101 | 5 |
| 1895 | #607 | 25 | — | |
| 1894 | #744 | 16 | — | |
| 1893 | #739 | 16 | — | |
| 1892 | #830 | 13 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | #541 | 23 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | #758 | 13 | — | |
| 1889 | #687 | 14 | — | |
| 1888 | #612 | 17 | — | |
| 1887 | #608 | 14 | — | |
| 1886 | #572 | 15 | — | |
| 1885 | #695 | 10 | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | #754 | 7 | — | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1883
The first year at least five girls were named Rossie! It came in at #754, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1884, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 229 spots since 2024 (#12,161 → #11,932)
- 842 spots since 2020 (#11,090 → #11,932)
- 4,487 spots since 2015 (#16,419 → #11,932)
- Biggest jump: 338 spots in 1912 (#1,241 → #903)
- Biggest drop: 396 spots in 1911 (#845 → #1,241)
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1891 at #541 (23 births)
- Births halved by 1941, 50 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 28 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1885–1904
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,064
- Highest: 1 in 8,064 girls born in 1891 were named Rossie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
- 19.8% of all girls named Rossie (360) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1997
- Mostly boys until 1996, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 77 | #572 (1886) | #655 |
| 1890s | 170 | #541 (1891) | #753 |
| 1900s | 199 | #688 (1900) | #839 |
| 1910s | 360 | #798 (1914) | #1,047 |
| 1920s | 340 | #1,171 (1920) | #1,380 |
| 1930s | 205 | #1,263 (1934) | #1,776 |
| 1940s | 136 | #1,981 (1942) | #2,617 |
| 1950s | 89 | #2,781 (1950) | #3,656 |
| 1960s | 44 | #3,608 (1961) | #5,581 |
| 1970s | 21 | #5,818 (1970) | #7,185 |
| 1980s | 45 | #9,015 (1983) | #9,998 |
| 1990s | 18 | #11,138 (1998) | #12,213 |
| 2000s | 25 | #15,784 (2003) | #16,697 |
| 2010s | 47 | #10,113 (2016) | #13,760 |
| 2020s | 42 | #9,562 (2021) | #12,541 |
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.
Rossie in 1887
girls
#608
14 births · 1 in 10,427 girls
Top girls' names in 1887
More about 1887
girls
145,981 girls got a published name in 1887; 1 in 10,427 of them was named Rossie, which outranked 53.4% of the 1,306 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).