Rosalee
- #954 for girls in 2025, 270 births
- Peak · girls
- 1938 · 274 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 12,900since 1880
Rosalee over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Rosalee has never cracked the top 400 here.
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
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #954 | 270 |
| 2024 | #952 | 274 |
| 2023 | #1,047 | 240 |
| 2022 | #959 | 280 |
| 2021 | #813 | 343 |
| 2020 | #787 | 346 |
| 2019 | #928 | 285 |
| 2018 | #843 | 322 |
| 2017 | #1,020 | 254 |
| 2016 | #1,051 | 248 |
| 2015 | #1,121 | 228 |
| 2014 | #1,161 | 213 |
| 2013 | #1,242 | 192 |
| 2012 | #1,591 | 136 |
| 2011 | #1,943 | 102 |
| 2010 | #1,992 | 100 |
| 2009 | #2,940 | 59 |
| 2008 | #4,089 | 38 |
| 2007 | #3,918 | 40 |
| 2006 | #3,669 | 42 |
| 2005 | #3,317 | 46 |
| 2004 | #3,631 | 40 |
| 2003 | #3,472 | 41 |
| 2002 | #3,654 | 36 |
| 2001 | #3,368 | 40 |
| 2000 | #4,079 | 30 |
| 1999 | #3,148 | 41 |
| 1998 | #4,023 | 28 |
| 1997 | #3,365 | 34 |
| 1996 | #3,505 | 32 |
| 1995 | #4,348 | 23 |
| 1994 | #3,704 | 29 |
| 1993 | #3,108 | 37 |
| 1992 | #3,680 | 29 |
| 1991 | #3,207 | 34 |
| 1990 | #3,156 | 35 |
| 1989 | #2,931 | 37 |
| 1988 | #3,165 | 31 |
| 1987 | #2,332 | 45 |
| 1986 | #2,300 | 44 |
| 1985 | #2,804 | 33 |
| 1984 | #2,470 | 38 |
| 1983 | #2,310 | 41 |
| 1982 | #2,532 | 37 |
| 1981 | #2,195 | 46 |
| 1980 | #2,440 | 39 |
| 1979 | #2,795 | 31 |
| 1978 | #1,987 | 48 |
| 1977 | #2,606 | 32 |
| 1976 | #2,099 | 41 |
| 1975 | #2,136 | 40 |
| 1974 | #3,008 | 23 |
| 1973 | #2,349 | 32 |
| 1972 | #2,451 | 29 |
| 1971 | #2,427 | 31 |
| 1970 | #2,938 | 23 |
| 1969 | #1,927 | 42 |
| 1968 | #2,056 | 34 |
| 1967 | #2,039 | 33 |
| 1966 | #2,191 | 29 |
| 1965 | #1,595 | 49 |
| 1964 | #1,666 | 48 |
| 1963 | #1,464 | 58 |
| 1962 | #1,807 | 40 |
| 1961 | #1,666 | 46 |
| 1960 | #1,637 | 47 |
| 1959 | #1,306 | 67 |
| 1958 | #1,527 | 49 |
| 1957 | #1,332 | 63 |
| 1956 | #1,298 | 64 |
| 1955 | #1,175 | 72 |
| 1954 | #1,465 | 47 |
| 1953 | #1,121 | 75 |
| 1952 | #1,013 | 86 |
| 1951 | #813 | 121 |
| 1950 | #842 | 109 |
| 1949 | #729 | 135 |
| 1948 | #700 | 142 |
| 1947 | #654 | 163 |
| 1946 | #629 | 157 |
| 1945 | #600 | 144 |
| 1944 | #561 | 169 |
| 1943 | #534 | 199 |
| 1942 | #522 | 202 |
| 1941 | #507 | 186 |
| 1940 | #477 | 200 |
| 1939 | #466 | 206 |
| 1938 | #403 | 274 |
| 1937 | #537 | 153 |
| 1936 | #578 | 130 |
| 1935 | #528 | 149 |
| 1934 | #510 | 159 |
| 1933 | #516 | 151 |
| 1932 | #504 | 169 |
| 1931 | #492 | 171 |
| 1930 | #503 | 177 |
| 1929 | #510 | 176 |
| 1928 | #549 | 161 |
| 1927 | #539 | 174 |
| 1926 | #578 | 151 |
| 1925 | #625 | 138 |
| 1924 | #604 | 152 |
| 1923 | #559 | 167 |
| 1922 | #596 | 145 |
| 1921 | #576 | 156 |
| 1920 | #520 | 182 |
| 1919 | #593 | 141 |
| 1918 | #602 | 140 |
| 1917 | #550 | 149 |
| 1916 | #679 | 101 |
| 1915 | #632 | 108 |
| 1914 | #562 | 100 |
| 1913 | #606 | 73 |
| 1912 | #632 | 61 |
| 1911 | #733 | 35 |
| 1910 | #620 | 46 |
| 1909 | #691 | 33 |
| 1908 | #602 | 39 |
| 1907 | #637 | 34 |
| 1906 | #776 | 22 |
| 1905 | #609 | 33 |
| 1904 | #600 | 32 |
| 1903 | #789 | 19 |
| 1902 | #688 | 24 |
| 1901 | #1,067 | 10 |
| 1900 | #742 | 24 |
| 1899 | #728 | 19 |
| 1898 | #840 | 16 |
| 1897 | #681 | 21 |
| 1896 | #754 | 18 |
| 1895 | #932 | 12 |
| 1894 | #850 | 13 |
| 1893 | #1,023 | 9 |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 |
| 1891 | #796 | 12 |
| 1890 | #667 | 16 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #837 | 10 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 |
| 1885 | #745 | 9 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #836 | 5 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Rosalee was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1884, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Rosalee is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Kentucky#307 · 1 in 1,232
- West Virginia#308 · 1 in 1,015
- Oklahoma#483 · 1 in 1,848
- Michigan#589 · 1 in 2,749
- Oregon#619 · 1 in 2,610
Best ever in a state: #136 in Maryland, 1929.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #307 | 14 | 1 in 1,232 |
| West Virginia | #308 | 5 | 1 in 1,015 |
| Oklahoma | #483 | 8 | 1 in 1,848 |
| Michigan | #589 | 13 | 1 in 2,749 |
| Oregon | #619 | 5 | 1 in 2,610 |
| Missouri | #640 | 8 | 1 in 3,037 |
| Ohio | #644 | 15 | 1 in 3,151 |
| Indiana | #651 | 9 | 1 in 3,101 |
| Tennessee | #707 | 10 | 1 in 3,207 |
| Louisiana | #776 | 5 | 1 in 3,274 |
| North Carolina | #780 | 12 | 1 in 3,874 |
| Colorado | #789 | 6 | 1 in 3,888 |
| Alabama | #819 | 5 | 1 in 3,664 |
| Minnesota | #835 | 5 | 1 in 4,296 |
| Pennsylvania | #871 | 10 | 1 in 4,669 |
| Arizona | #909 | 6 | 1 in 4,703 |
| Washington | #1,046 | 5 | 1 in 5,772 |
| Florida | #1,055 | 14 | 1 in 6,197 |
| Georgia | #1,075 | 8 | 1 in 5,651 |
| New York | #1,165 | 12 | 1 in 6,527 |
| Virginia | #1,180 | 5 | 1 in 6,748 |
| Texas | #1,224 | 21 | 1 in 7,645 |
| Illinois | #1,405 | 5 | 1 in 8,866 |
| California | #1,409 | 16 | 1 in 10,108 |
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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 Rosalee
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 167 spots since 2020 (#787 → #954)
- 167 spots since 2015 (#1,121 → #954)
- Biggest jump: 379 spots in 1902
- Biggest drop: 482 spots in 1892
Rise & fade · girls
58 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1938 at #403 (274 births)
- Births halved by 1949, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 69 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 69 yrs · run 1902–1951
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,027
- Highest: 1 in 4,027 girls born in 1938 were named Rosalee (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,953 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 16.1% of all girls named Rosalee (2,080) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 29 | #745 (1885) | #882 |
| 1890s | 142 | #667 (1890) | #855 |
| 1900s | 270 | #600 (1904) | #720 |
| 1910s | 954 | #550 (1917) | #621 |
| 1920s | 1,602 | #510 (1929) | #566 |
| 1930s | 1,739 | #403 (1938) | #504 |
| 1940s | 1,697 | #477 (1940) | #591 |
| 1950s | 753 | #813 (1951) | #1,189 |
| 1960s | 426 | #1,464 (1963) | #1,805 |
| 1970s | 330 | #1,987 (1978) | #2,480 |
| 1980s | 391 | #2,195 (1981) | #2,548 |
| 1990s | 322 | #3,108 (1993) | #3,524 |
| 2000s | 412 | #2,940 (2009) | #3,614 |
| 2010s | 2,080 | #843 (2018) | #1,289 |
| 2020s | 1,753 | #787 (2020) | #919 |
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.
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