Rosemary
#251 for girls in 2025, 1,222 births · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #8,117
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1946 · 4,486 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 20 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 163,165since 1882
Rosemary over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #251 | 1,222 | — | |
| 2024 | #301 | 1,048 | — | |
| 2023 | #310 | 995 | — | |
| 2022 | #364 | 873 | — | |
| 2021 | #363 | 846 | — | |
| 2020 | #442 | 698 | — | |
| 2019 | #402 | 771 | — | |
| 2018 | #452 | 699 | — | |
| 2017 | #453 | 699 | — | |
| 2016 | #436 | 740 | — | |
| 2015 | #517 | 607 | — | |
| 2014 | #570 | 537 | — | |
| 2013 | #531 | 563 | — | |
| 2012 | #600 | 479 | — | |
| 2011 | #651 | 439 | — | |
| 2010 | #712 | 396 | — | |
| 2009 | #716 | 404 | — | |
| 2008 | #746 | 398 | — | |
| 2007 | #720 | 406 | — | |
| 2006 | #686 | 411 | — | |
| 2005 | #745 | 362 | — | |
| 2004 | #712 | 376 | — | |
| 2003 | #658 | 403 | — | |
| 2002 | #632 | 403 | — | |
| 2001 | #624 | 401 | — | |
| 2000 | #631 | 397 | — | |
| 1999 | #629 | 375 | — | |
| 1998 | #608 | 395 | — | |
| 1997 | #651 | 339 | — | |
| 1996 | #554 | 421 | — | |
| 1995 | #570 | 403 | — | |
| 1994 | #572 | 402 | — | |
| 1993 | #594 | 395 | — | |
| 1992 | #560 | 420 | — | |
| 1991 | #550 | 429 | — | |
| 1990 | #509 | 472 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #504 | 466 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #510 | 431 | — | |
| 1987 | #476 | 455 | — | |
| 1986 | #455 | 473 | — | |
| 1985 | #431 | 512 | — | |
| 1984 | #429 | 490 | — | |
| 1983 | #433 | 489 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #420 | 532 | — | |
| 1981 | #400 | 565 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #395 | 576 | — | |
| 1979 | #427 | 489 | — | |
| 1978 | #441 | 453 | — | |
| 1977 | #444 | 460 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #404 | 497 | — | |
| 1975 | #384 | 534 | — | |
| 1974 | #348 | 624 | — | |
| 1973 | #349 | 609 | — | |
| 1972 | #357 | 617 | — | |
| 1971 | #341 | 743 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #331 | 797 | — | |
| 1969 | #322 | 794 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #296 | 876 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #281 | 914 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #254 | 1,122 | — | |
| 1965 | #241 | 1,276 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #214 | 1,629 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #205 | 1,729 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #195 | 1,939 | #2,848 | 9 |
| 1961 | #181 | 2,133 | — | |
| 1960 | #181 | 2,192 | — | |
| 1959 | #173 | 2,230 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #171 | 2,223 | — | |
| 1957 | #168 | 2,275 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #175 | 2,066 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #171 | 2,015 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #160 | 2,192 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #147 | 2,432 | — | |
| 1952 | #130 | 2,787 | — | |
| 1951 | #109 | 3,345 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #101 | 3,455 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #98 | 3,633 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | #90 | 3,870 | #2,326 | 11 |
| 1947 | #80 | 4,542 | — | |
| 1946 | #74 | 4,486 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | #79 | 3,500 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #99 | 2,744 | #2,080 | 12 |
| 1943 | #97 | 2,966 | #2,182 | 12 |
| 1942 | #92 | 3,005 | #2,268 | 11 |
| 1941 | #94 | 2,677 | #2,491 | 9 |
| 1940 | #85 | 2,874 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #93 | 2,612 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #95 | 2,681 | #2,185 | 11 |
| 1937 | #110 | 2,307 | #2,197 | 11 |
| 1936 | #111 | 2,148 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #97 | 2,394 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #111 | 2,132 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #102 | 2,227 | #2,738 | 8 |
| 1932 | #100 | 2,483 | #2,465 | 10 |
| 1931 | #88 | 2,722 | #2,003 | 14 |
| 1930 | #82 | 3,151 | — | |
| 1929 | #80 | 3,107 | #2,096 | 14 |
| 1928 | #88 | 2,972 | #3,076 | 8 |
| 1927 | #86 | 3,153 | #2,408 | 12 |
| 1926 | #95 | 2,900 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #103 | 2,755 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #106 | 2,734 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #110 | 2,427 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #120 | 2,170 | — | |
| 1921 | #128 | 2,034 | — | |
| 1920 | #141 | 1,713 | — | |
| 1919 | #165 | 1,330 | — | |
| 1918 | #171 | 1,259 | — | |
| 1917 | #176 | 1,124 | — | |
| 1916 | #184 | 996 | — | |
| 1915 | #201 | 820 | — | |
| 1914 | #224 | 563 | — | |
| 1913 | #245 | 388 | — | |
| 1912 | #259 | 298 | — | |
| 1911 | #312 | 160 | — | |
| 1910 | #325 | 141 | — | |
| 1909 | #323 | 123 | — | |
| 1908 | #375 | 91 | — | |
| 1907 | #376 | 87 | — | |
| 1906 | #440 | 61 | — | |
| 1905 | #423 | 64 | — | |
| 1904 | #438 | 54 | — | |
| 1903 | #461 | 48 | — | |
| 1902 | #528 | 37 | — | |
| 1901 | #577 | 29 | — | |
| 1900 | #531 | 40 | — | |
| 1899 | #644 | 23 | — | |
| 1898 | #597 | 29 | — | |
| 1897 | #554 | 29 | — | |
| 1896 | #754 | 18 | — | |
| 1895 | #638 | 23 | — | |
| 1894 | #905 | 12 | — | |
| 1893 | #594 | 23 | — | |
| 1892 | #726 | 16 | — | |
| 1891 | #839 | 11 | — | |
| 1890 | #667 | 16 | — | |
| 1889 | #687 | 14 | — | |
| 1888 | #959 | 8 | — | |
| 1887 | #693 | 11 | — | |
| 1886 | #693 | 11 | — | |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | — | |
| 1884 | #851 | 7 | — | |
| 1883 | #692 | 8 | — | |
| 1882 | #634 | 9 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Rosemary! It came in at #634, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1885, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
Where Rosemary is popular in 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Connecticut#43 · 1 in 169
- Illinois#52 · 1 in 232
- Michigan#53 · 1 in 227
- New Jersey#59 · 1 in 223
- Ohio#59 · 1 in 247
Best ever in a state: #25 in Indiana, 1923.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | #43 | 63 | 1 in 169 |
| Illinois | #52 | 242 | 1 in 232 |
| Michigan | #53 | 193 | 1 in 227 |
| Indiana | #59 | 100 | 1 in 269 |
| New Jersey | #59 | 116 | 1 in 223 |
| Ohio | #59 | 213 | 1 in 247 |
| Minnesota | #60 | 86 | 1 in 264 |
| Wisconsin | #62 | 89 | 1 in 272 |
| New York | #63 | 398 | 1 in 225 |
| Missouri | #67 | 87 | 1 in 321 |
| South Dakota | #68 | 18 | 1 in 262 |
| Nebraska | #70 | 30 | 1 in 308 |
| Massachusetts | #72 | 115 | 1 in 256 |
| Iowa | #75 | 52 | 1 in 379 |
| Pennsylvania | #76 | 251 | 1 in 299 |
| Rhode Island | #76 | 17 | 1 in 266 |
| Kansas | #81 | 34 | 1 in 362 |
| California | #84 | 131 | 1 in 381 |
| Wyoming | #84 | 6 | 1 in 276 |
| Utah | #90 | 13 | 1 in 385 |
| District of Columbia | #91 | 17 | 1 in 361 |
| Maryland | #98 | 29 | 1 in 448 |
| North Dakota | #99 | 14 | 1 in 380 |
| Oregon | #101 | 16 | 1 in 446 |
| New Mexico | #102 | 16 | 1 in 367 |
| Washington | #103 | 27 | 1 in 428 |
| Vermont | #108 | 5 | 1 in 503 |
| West Virginia | #109 | 38 | 1 in 498 |
| Maine | #118 | 11 | 1 in 560 |
| Colorado | #119 | 19 | 1 in 478 |
| Montana | #124 | 9 | 1 in 476 |
| Louisiana | #129 | 45 | 1 in 520 |
| Oklahoma | #132 | 32 | 1 in 630 |
| Texas | #150 | 89 | 1 in 675 |
| Kentucky | #154 | 39 | 1 in 735 |
| Hawaii | #156 | 6 | 1 in 563 |
| Arkansas | #166 | 25 | 1 in 765 |
| Tennessee | #172 | 32 | 1 in 880 |
| Idaho | #175 | 5 | 1 in 854 |
| Florida | #179 | 19 | 1 in 780 |
| Mississippi | #196 | 26 | 1 in 870 |
| South Carolina | #212 | 19 | 1 in 1,153 |
| Virginia | #220 | 18 | 1 in 1,374 |
| Alabama | #246 | 19 | 1 in 1,554 |
| North Carolina | #278 | 17 | 1 in 2,215 |
| Georgia | #305 | 13 | 1 in 2,443 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
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 Rosemary
- 50 spots since 2024 (#301 → #251)
- 191 spots since 2020 (#442 → #251)
- 266 spots since 2015 (#517 → #251)
- Biggest jump: 354 spots in 1886 (#1,047 → #693)
- Biggest drop: 311 spots in 1894 (#594 → #905)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1946 at #74 (4,486 births)
- Births halved by 1954, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 20 yrs · run 1938–1949
- Top 1,000: 143 yrs · run 1886–2025
- Highest: 1 in 350 girls born in 1946 were named Rosemary (0.29%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,315 girls born in 2025 (0.08%)
- 21.0% of all girls named Rosemary (34,297) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 73 | #634 (1882) | #782 |
| 1890s | 200 | #554 (1897) | #692 |
| 1900s | 634 | #323 (1909) | #447 |
| 1910s | 7,079 | #165 (1919) | #226 |
| 1920s | 25,965 | #80 (1929) | #106 |
| 1930s | 24,857 | #82 (1930) | #99 |
| 1940s | 34,297 | #74 (1946) | #89 |
| 1950s | 25,020 | #101 (1950) | #151 |
| 1960s | 14,604 | #181 (1960) | #237 |
| 1970s | 5,823 | #331 (1970) | #383 |
| 1980s | 4,989 | #395 (1980) | #445 |
| 1990s | 4,051 | #509 (1990) | #580 |
| 2000s | 3,961 | #624 (2001) | #687 |
| 2010s | 5,930 | #402 (2019) | #532 |
| 2020s | 5,682 | #251 (2025) | #339 |
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.
Rosemary in 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 398 of them was named Rosemary, which outranked 98.3% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 115,917 of them was named Rosemary, which outranked 41.0% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,179Worley11
- #2,179Yancy11
- #2,179Zeno11
- #2,322Rosemary10
- #2,322Abelino10
- #2,322Afton10
- #2,322Agnes10
- #2,478Abie9
- #2,478Admiral9
- #2,478Alen9
Tied with 155 names at #2,322; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.