Rosalie

#171 for girls in 2025, 1,797 births · Last seen for boys in 1957 at #3,993
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1938 · 3,758 births
Debut · girls
39 births
In top 100 · girls
1 yr
of 146 years
Total births · girls
84,049
since 1880

Rosalie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201915peak #66, 1938girls
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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#1711,797—
2024#1771,705—
2023#1821,645—
2022#1761,692—
2021#1851,595—
2020#1981,473—
2019#2081,467—
2018#2091,470—
2017#2361,351—
2016#2521,252—
2015#2661,194—
2014#3101,060—
2013#347937—
2012#405771—
2011#544535—
2010#589498—
2009#831337—
2008#1,431165—
2007#1,672132—
2006#1,403161—
2005#1,444147—
2004#1,488135—
2003#1,446136—
2002#1,351143—
2001#1,411134—
2000#1,412131—
1999#1,293142—
1998#1,405122—
1997#1,281137—
1996#1,393119—
1995#1,370120—
1994#1,170151—
1993#1,211143—
1992#1,174149—
1991#1,097164—
1990#1,104158—
1989#1,023167—
1988#940179—
1987#1,058145—
1986#987159—
1985#963160—
1984#890168—
1983#954154—
1982#815194—
1981#846184—
1980#921162—
1979#836186—
1978#876167—
1977#918153—
1976#811171—
1975#886150—
1974#811166—
1973#778172—
1972#818162—
1971#809172—
1970#784180—
1969#679214—
1968#655220—
1967#609244—
1966#551296—
1965#534317—
1964#489393—
1963#450460—
1962#442471—
1961#436509—
1960#428521—
1959#402545—
1958#394541—
1957#383563#3,9935
1956#362585—
1955#342626—
1954#327674—
1953#300748—
1952#293764—
1951#264870—
1950#259874—
1949#239975—
1948#2191,116—
1947#2261,078—
1946#2111,128—
1945#203975—
1944#1901,098—
1943#1671,425#3,2316
1942#1581,544#2,9407
1941#1521,513—
1940#1391,735#2,17911
1939#1142,162#2,8297
1938#663,758#2,08412
1937#1791,116#2,33210
1936#200845#3,5495
1935#218778#3,6455
1934#198901#3,2776
1933#183927—
1932#1731,104—
1931#1811,002#3,7635
1930#1751,120—
1929#1751,158#3,5596
1928#1701,236#3,6976
1927#1771,176—
1926#1801,159—
1925#1911,092—
1924#1891,153—
1923#1881,160—
1922#1911,104—
1921#1931,074—
1920#200984—
1919#204910—
1918#210890#4,1795
1917#213809—
1916#216787—
1915#197840—
1914#215584—
1913#224462—
1912#214433—
1911#225309—
1910#227281—
1909#255197—
1908#264180—
1907#254184—
1906#255164—
1905#266152—
1904#234173—
1903#276127—
1902#246155—
1901#273118—
1900#300121—
1899#289103—
1898#312101—
1897#281102—
1896#29995—
1895#31486—
1894#30781—
1893#29186—
1892#29584—
1891#29671—
1890#33757—
1889#32158—
1888#29663—
1887#28357—
1886#29449—
1885#28349—
1884#26853—
1883#38623—
1882#27840—
1881#31226—
1880#25039—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Rosalie was already there! It came in at #250, and was given to 39 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 24 girls a year got the name.

Where Rosalie is popular in 1915

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalie, so not publishedAKMaine: #162 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 718 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalie, so not publishedNHWashington: #145 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 782 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #223 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,527 girlsMNIllinois: #154 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 820 girlsILWisconsin: #186 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,177 girlsWIMichigan: #182 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,159 girlsMINew York: #173 for girls · 85 births · 1 in 1,077 girlsNYMassachusetts: #143 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 833 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalie, so not publishedRIOregon: #177 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 935 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #150 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 723 girlsSDIowa: #217 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,461 girlsIAIndiana: #194 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,344 girlsINOhio: #240 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,173 girlsOHPennsylvania: #178 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 1,385 girlsPANew Jersey: #171 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,084 girlsNJConnecticut: #147 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 835 girlsCTCalifornia: #123 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 533 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalie, so not publishedUTColorado: #127 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 607 girlsCONebraska: #159 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 873 girlsNEMissouri: #170 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 979 girlsMOKentucky: #267 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,814 girlsKYWest Virginia: #180 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 986 girlsWVVirginia: #177 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,095 girlsVAMaryland: #116 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 600 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalie, so not publishedNMKansas: #160 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 835 girlsKSArkansas: #311 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,936 girlsARTennessee: #358 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,063 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #251 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,811 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #117 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 499 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #95 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 440 girlsDCOklahoma: #370 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,801 girlsOKLouisiana: #115 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 455 girlsLAMississippi: #168 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 754 girlsMSAlabama: #228 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,369 girlsALGeorgia: #210 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,319 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalie, so not publishedHITexas: #235 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 1,135 girlsTXFlorida: #135 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 560 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. District of Columbia#95 · 1 in 440
  2. Louisiana#115 · 1 in 455
  3. Maryland#116 · 1 in 600
  4. South Carolina#117 · 1 in 499
  5. California#123 · 1 in 533

Best ever in a state: #25 in Maryland, 1938.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#9551 in 440
Louisiana#115371 in 455
Maryland#116201 in 600
South Carolina#117351 in 499
California#123351 in 533
Colorado#127101 in 607
Florida#135151 in 560
Massachusetts#143391 in 833
Washington#145101 in 782
Connecticut#147141 in 835
South Dakota#15071 in 723
Illinois#154651 in 820
Nebraska#159121 in 873
Kansas#160161 in 835
Maine#16281 in 718
Mississippi#168221 in 754
Missouri#170271 in 979
New Jersey#171251 in 1,084
New York#173851 in 1,077
Oregon#17751 in 935
Virginia#177211 in 1,095
Pennsylvania#178631 in 1,385
West Virginia#180151 in 986
Michigan#182241 in 1,159
Wisconsin#186181 in 1,177
Indiana#194171 in 1,344
Georgia#210221 in 1,319
Iowa#217131 in 1,461
Minnesota#223131 in 1,527
Alabama#228171 in 1,369
Texas#235381 in 1,135
Ohio#240211 in 2,173
North Carolina#251161 in 1,811
Kentucky#267131 in 1,814
Arkansas#31181 in 1,936
Tennessee#35871 in 3,063
Oklahoma#37061 in 2,801
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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 Rosalie
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 6 spots since 2024 (#177 → #171)
  • 27 spots since 2020 (#198 → #171)
  • 95 spots since 2015 (#266 → #171)
  • Biggest jump: 600 spots in 2009 (#1,431 → #831)
  • Biggest drop: 139 spots in 1983 (#815 → #954)
Rise & fade · girls
58 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1938 at #66 (3,758 births)
  • Births halved by 1940, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 1 yr · 1938
  • Top 1,000: 125 yrs · run 1880–1986
Share of babies · girls
1 in 294
  • Highest: 1 in 294 girls born in 1938 were named Rosalie (0.34%)
  • Latest: 1 in 894 girls born in 2025 (0.11%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
  • 16.3% of all girls named Rosalie (13,713) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #66 (1938) → #1,672 (2007) → #171 (2025)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s457#250 (1880)#297
1890s866#281 (1897)#302
1900s1,571#234 (1904)#262
1910s6,305#197 (1915)#215
1920s11,296#170 (1928)#185
1930s13,713#66 (1938)#169
1940s12,587#139 (1940)#190
1950s6,790#259 (1950)#333
1960s3,645#428 (1960)#527
1970s1,679#778 (1973)#833
1980s1,672#815 (1982)#940
1990s1,405#1,097 (1991)#1,250
2000s1,621#831 (2009)#1,389
2010s10,535#208 (2019)#337
2020s9,907#171 (2025)#182

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.

Rosalie in 1915

girls
#197
840 births · 1 in 1,171 girls

Top girls' names in 1915

  1. #1Mary58,187
  2. #2Helen30,866
  3. #3Dorothy25,154
  4. #4Margaret23,054
  5. #5Ruth21,878
  6. #6Mildred15,254
  7. #7Anna15,119
  8. #8Elizabeth14,103
  9. #9Frances12,786
  10. #10Evelyn11,595
  11. #197Rosalie840
More about 1915

girls

983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 1,171 of them was named Rosalie, which outranked 96.0% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rosalie
  1. #194Ollie855
  2. #195Celia853
  3. #196Effie844
  4. #197Rosalie840
  5. #198Jeanne828
  6. #199Angelina826
  7. #200Cecelia821
Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. ↑ 500Gerda#1,444 → #944
  2. ↑ 451Theda#1,034 → #583
  3. ↑ 441Dominga#1,385 → #944
  4. ↑ 354Vernon#1,344 → #990
  5. ↑ 308Loyce#1,147 → #839
Fallers
  1. ↓ 383Drusilla#956 → #1,339
  2. ↓ 342Rossie#798 → #1,140
  3. ↓ 335Arlie#855 → #1,190
  4. ↓ 329Orene#956 → #1,285
  5. ↓ 329Margot#988 → #1,317

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

See the top 100 for 1915 →