Rosamond

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · Last seen for boys in 1927 at #3,780
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1912 · 71 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,288
since 1881

Rosamond over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Rosamond has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #571, 1912girls
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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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2019#9,11211—
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2016#16,2155—
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2007#17,6365—
2006#15,1526—
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2004#16,0995—
2003#13,8446—
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1999#14,4115—
1998#14,1225—
1997——
1996#11,8076—
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1994#11,7786—
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1992#13,3175—
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1990#11,4096—
1989#12,3625—
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1985#9,3076—
1984#6,8109—
1983#9,0156—
1982——
1981#9,1106—
1980#8,1787—
1979#9,0106—
1978#6,3859—
1977#9,6525—
1976#7,2967—
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1972#8,2925—
1971#6,0068—
1970#7,9955—
1969#7,4715—
1968#7,0165—
1967#5,4577—
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1963#5,8916—
1962#4,8658—
1961#4,8828—
1960#4,18410—
1959#4,3009—
1958#2,66319—
1957#3,30913—
1956#2,82617—
1955#2,83916—
1954#3,49011—
1953#2,43119—
1952#2,58117—
1951#2,11622—
1950#1,87126—
1949#2,06922—
1948#1,90125—
1947#1,54537—
1946#1,61730—
1945#1,94119—
1944#1,80822—
1943#1,46732—
1942#1,49730—
1941#1,56925—
1940#1,63523—
1939#1,30832—
1938#1,28832—
1937#1,41627—
1936#1,06243—
1935#1,30731—
1934#1,20535—
1933#1,00847—
1932#94056—
1931#94154—
1930#91663—
1929#90962—
1928#90266—
1927#720100#3,7806
1926#78385—
1925#698111—
1924#77792—
1923#77988—
1922#73099—
1921#711106—
1920#78086—
1919#79279—
1918#682111—
1917#646111—
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1915#648104—
1914#61387—
1913#57379—
1912#57171—
1911#58553—
1910#59349—
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1906#66130—
1905#66428—
1904#77321—
1903#59630—
1902#68824—
1901#69921—
1900#88518—
1899#81416—
1898#67923—
1897#1,2637—
1896#81316—
1895#70320—
1894#90512—
1893#79414—
1892#1,2786—
1891#9439—
1890#1,0068—
1889#1,0257—
1888#1,0367—
1887#69311—
1886#8977—
1885#8427—
1884#1,0245—
1883#6519—
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1881#6238—
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First appearance
1881

The first year at least five girls were named Rosamond! It came in at #623, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1882, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Rosamond is popular in 1918

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedMNIllinois: #543 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 8,855 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedWIMichigan: #447 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,108 girlsMINew York: #431 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 7,781 girlsNYMassachusetts: #221 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,173 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedIAIndiana: #336 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,708 girlsINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #572 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 14,224 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #402 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,842 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Rosamond, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Massachusetts#221 · 1 in 2,173
  2. Indiana#336 · 1 in 3,708
  3. California#402 · 1 in 3,842
  4. New York#431 · 1 in 7,781
  5. Michigan#447 · 1 in 6,108

Best ever in a state: #110 in New Hampshire, 1914.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Massachusetts#221171 in 2,173
Indiana#33671 in 3,708
California#40261 in 3,842
New York#431131 in 7,781
Michigan#44761 in 6,108
Illinois#54371 in 8,855
Pennsylvania#57271 in 14,224
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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 Rosamond
Momentum · girls
Brand new
  • Biggest jump: 584 spots in 1898 (#1,263 → #679)
  • Biggest drop: 450 spots in 1897 (#813 → #1,263)
Rise & fade · girls
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1912 at #571 (71 births)
  • Births halved by 1934, 22 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 45 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1898–1932
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,861
  • Highest: 1 in 7,861 girls born in 1912 were named Rosamond (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 27.2% of all girls named Rosamond (895) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s61#623 (1881)#849
1890s131#679 (1898)#920
1900s283#596 (1903)#685
1910s855#571 (1912)#634
1920s895#698 (1925)#779
1930s420#916 (1930)#1,139
1940s265#1,467 (1943)#1,705
1950s169#1,871 (1950)#2,843
1960s49#4,184 (1960)#5,681
1970s45#6,006 (1971)#7,805
1980s39#6,810 (1984)#9,130
1990s33#11,409 (1990)#12,807
2000s22#13,844 (2003)#15,683
2010s16#9,112 (2019)#12,664
2020s5#14,942 (2025)#14,942

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.

Rosamond in 1918

girls
#682
111 births · 1 in 10,429 girls

Top girls' names in 1918

  1. #1Mary67,365
  2. #2Helen36,148
  3. #3Dorothy32,030
  4. #4Margaret27,139
  5. #5Ruth25,535
  6. #6Mildred17,258
  7. #7Virginia16,421
  8. #8Frances16,132
  9. #9Elizabeth15,853
  10. #10Anna15,666
  11. #682Rosamond111
More about 1918

girls

1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 10,429 of them was named Rosamond, which outranked 87.8% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rosamond
  1. #679Laverna112
  2. #679Norene112
  3. #679Vergie112
  4. #682Rosamond111
  5. #682Evie111
  6. #682Mandy111
  7. #685Bettye110
  8. #685Lyda110
  9. #685Vivienne110

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
  2. ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
  3. ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
  4. ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
  5. ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Valentine#964 → #1,411
  2. ↓ 428Ottie#952 → #1,380
  3. ↓ 354Delora#923 → #1,277
  4. ↓ 318Georgene#896 → #1,214
  5. ↓ 299Clifford#904 → #1,203

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

See the top 100 for 1918 →