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

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Peak · girls
1891 · 23 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,818
since 1883

Rossie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201928peak #541, 1891peak #836, 1900girlsboys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#11,9327
2024#12,1617
2023#15,1945
2022#15,3065
2021#9,56210
2020#11,0908
2019#15,5395
2018#12,4647
2017#10,6899
2016#10,11310
2015#16,4195
2014#16,5135
2013#14,5826
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008#17,5045
2007#17,6365
2006
2005#16,4625
2004#16,0995
2003#15,7845
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998#11,1387
1997#13,7245
1996#9,0155
1995
1994#11,7786
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989#10,8476#7,9055
1988
1987#11,3255
1986#10,9125
1985
1984#9,1446
1983#9,0156
1982#9,2376
1981#9,1106
1980#10,3925
1979#7,3138#6,0565
1978#5,0596
1977#4,5827
1976
1975#3,9418
1974
1973#8,4235#3,6948
1972
1971
1970#5,8188#3,5218
1969#7,4715
1968#2,9079
1967#3,5596
1966#5,8096#2,32712
1965#5,8176#2,9828
1964#6,0096#4,0395
1963#3,6466
1962#3,6406
1961#3,60813
1960#4,7738#2,31513
1959#3,9885
1958#3,37913#2,37012
1957#3,69611#3,5526
1956#5,9525#2,62810
1955#3,57111#2,43511
1954#2,31612
1953#3,68710#2,9058
1952#3,37211#2,51410
1951#2,81014#2,6629
1950#2,78114#2,20712
1949#2,85013#2,8028
1948#2,41617#2,11513
1947#2,76914#1,98815
1946#2,88012#2,03013
1945#3,3888#2,13111
1944#2,62512#2,19511
1943#1,99419#2,5639
1942#1,98119#2,14512
1941#2,84610#2,4919
1940#2,42412#2,8717
1939#2,12515#2,8297
1938#1,94517#1,97613
1937#2,31713#2,4799
1936#1,80118#2,6298
1935#1,66321#1,65618
1934#1,26332#2,26611
1933#1,33029#3,0047
1932#1,87718#1,54821
1931#1,68621#2,47110
1930#1,74821#1,88916
1929#1,55525#1,93316
1928#1,31034#1,76019
1927#1,58727#2,40812
1926#1,35734#3,1398
1925#1,17643#2,75510
1924#1,32837#2,34713
1923#1,59827#2,61411
1922#1,53629#2,48612
1921#1,18442#1,90418
1920#1,17142#1,74720
1919#88263#1,38627
1918#1,18440#2,26013
1917#1,16238#1,90016
1916#1,24633#1,84916
1915#1,14036#1,60019
1914#79853#1,54516
1913#1,06726#1,80310
1912#90331#1,61910
1911#1,24114
1910#84526#1,5895
1909#76128#1,1557
1908#1,08414
1907#77523#1,3455
1906#79321#1,0047
1905#1,01114
1904#77321
1903#73421
1902#97213#1,0136
1901#79517
1900#68827#83610
1899#87814
1898#79018
1897#93112#8527
1896#70720#1,1015
1895#60725
1894#74416
1893#73916
1892#83013#1,0665
1891#54123#9635
1890#75813
1889#68714
1888#61217
1887#60814
1886#57215
1885#69510
1884
1883#7547
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.

See more about Rossie
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
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s77#572 (1886)#655
1890s170#541 (1891)#753
1900s199#688 (1900)#839
1910s360#798 (1914)#1,047
1920s340#1,171 (1920)#1,380
1930s205#1,263 (1934)#1,776
1940s136#1,981 (1942)#2,617
1950s89#2,781 (1950)#3,656
1960s44#3,608 (1961)#5,581
1970s21#5,818 (1970)#7,185
1980s45#9,015 (1983)#9,998
1990s18#11,138 (1998)#12,213
2000s25#15,784 (2003)#16,697
2010s47#10,113 (2016)#13,760
2020s42#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 1928

girls
#1,310
34 births · 1 in 33,921 girls
boys
#1,760
19 births · 1 in 58,295 boys

Top girls' names in 1928

  1. #1Mary66,871
  2. #2Betty36,083
  3. #3Dorothy33,733
  4. #4Helen22,937
  5. #5Margaret20,295
  6. #6Ruth17,859
  7. #7Doris16,575
  8. #8Barbara14,872
  9. #9Virginia14,500
  10. #10Shirley14,215
  11. #1,310Rossie34

Top boys' names in 1928

  1. #1Robert60,701
  2. #2John53,760
  3. #3James52,752
  4. #4William49,118
  5. #5Charles31,243
  6. #6Richard28,793
  7. #7Donald25,704
  8. #8George24,391
  9. #9Joseph22,322
  10. #10Edward18,492
  11. #1,760Rossie19
More about 1928

girls

1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 33,921 of them was named Rossie, which outranked 75.9% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rossie
  1. #1,290Onalee35
  2. #1,290Otilia35
  3. #1,290Silvia35
  4. #1,310Rossie34
  5. #1,310Adaline34
  6. #1,310Amie34
  7. #1,310Archie34
  8. #1,338Albertine33
  9. #1,338Alean33
  10. #1,338Aloha33

Tied with 27 names at #1,310; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. 2,165Jeanine#3,053#888
  2. 1,368Joline#2,256#888
  3. 1,101Lorelei#2,095#994
  4. 1,063Jeannine#1,384#321
  5. 859Romona#1,456#597
Fallers
  1. 860Valencia#924#1,784
  2. 547Kazuko#955#1,502
  3. 386Matilde#924#1,310
  4. 368Glendora#747#1,115
  5. 366Hilma#924#1,290

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

boys

1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 58,295 of them was named Rossie, which outranked 62.7% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rossie
  1. #1,707Wilburt20
  2. #1,707Winslow20
  3. #1,707Woodson20
  4. #1,760Rossie19
  5. #1,760Abelardo19
  6. #1,760Afton19
  7. #1,760Alger19
  8. #1,822Abelino18
  9. #1,822Alf18
  10. #1,822Alfons18

Tied with 61 names at #1,760; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. 1,009Fidencio#1,959#950
  2. 766Hoover#1,128#362
  3. 700Reyes#1,692#992
  4. 441Arlen#1,227#786
  5. 392Arland#1,372#980
Fallers
  1. 2,975Shoji#722#3,697
  2. 529Alvan#951#1,480
  3. 418Watson#964#1,382
  4. 412Judge#911#1,323
  5. 363Donato#990#1,353

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

See the top 100 for 1928