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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | #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 | — | — | ||
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.
Where Rossie is popular in 1900
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Rossie
- 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)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1891 at #541 (23 births)
- Births halved by 1941, 50 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1885–1904
- 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%)
- 19.8% of all girls named Rossie (360) were born in this decade
- 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 1900
Top girls' names in 1900
Top boys' names in 1900
More about 1900
girls
299,784 girls got a published name in 1900; 1 in 11,103 of them was named Rossie, which outranked 69.1% of the 2,223 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #676Prudence28
- #676Sena28
- #676Signe28
- #688Rossie27
- #688Amalia27
- #688Audie27
- #688Cathrine27
- #705Aggie26
- #705Alida26
- #705Deborah26
Tied with 16 names at #688; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 940Rosia#1,596 → #656
- ↑ 763Josiephine#1,596 → #833
- ↑ 763Lelar#1,596 → #833
- ↑ 736Carmel#1,596 → #860
- ↑ 722Gloria#1,278 → #556
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
150,474 boys got a published name in 1900; 1 in 15,047 of them was named Rossie, which outranked 44.5% of the 1,506 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).