Rosary
- #13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births
- Peak · girls
- 1943 · 18 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 580since 1917
Rosary over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Rosary has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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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 | #13,208 | 6 |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
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| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 |
| 1991 | — | |
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| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,926 | 16 |
| 1956 | #3,186 | 14 |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 |
| 1954 | #3,157 | 13 |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 |
| 1951 | #3,106 | 12 |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 |
| 1948 | #2,701 | 14 |
| 1947 | #2,448 | 17 |
| 1946 | #2,228 | 18 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 |
| 1943 | #2,079 | 18 |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1939 | #2,592 | 11 |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 |
| 1936 | #2,689 | 10 |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 |
| 1929 | #2,737 | 11 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 |
| 1922 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 |
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| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1917
The first year at least five girls were named Rosary! It came in at #4,083, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1926–1927, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Rosary is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Rosary in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 2,085 spots since 2024 (#15,293 → #13,208)
- 245 spots since 2020 (#13,453 → #13,208)
- 1,274 spots since 2015 (#14,482 → #13,208)
Rise & fade · girls
26 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1943 at #2,079 (18 births)
- Births halved by 1944, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 77,516
- Highest: 1 in 77,516 girls born in 1943 were named Rosary (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
- 20.2% of all girls named Rosary (117) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 20 | #3,512 (1918) | #3,949 |
| 1920s | 71 | #2,732 (1923) | #3,870 |
| 1930s | 74 | #2,592 (1939) | #3,210 |
| 1940s | 117 | #2,079 (1943) | #3,008 |
| 1950s | 99 | #2,926 (1957) | #3,632 |
| 1960s | 51 | #4,773 (1960) | #5,325 |
| 1970s | 18 | #7,070 (1970) | #8,310 |
| 1980s | 11 | #9,237 (1982) | #9,815 |
| 1990s | 5 | #13,317 (1992) | #13,317 |
| 2000s | 45 | #11,834 (2005) | #14,009 |
| 2010s | 40 | #10,129 (2014) | #13,934 |
| 2020s | 29 | #13,208 (2025) | #13,802 |
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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