Rosevelt

Last seen for boys in 1993 at #8,700

Peak · boys
1905 · 47 births
Debut · boys
20 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,074
since 1900

Rosevelt over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Rosevelt has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201923peak #290, 1905boys
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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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1993#8,7005
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1991#8,2365
1990#8,1175
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1988#7,2705
1987#6,0896
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1985#3,80511
1984#4,9737
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1982#5,6196
1981#4,5098
1980#5,5256
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1978#5,0596
1977#4,5827
1976#4,9356
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1972#3,6228
1971#3,14610
1970#3,8367
1969#2,86110
1968#4,1365
1967#3,2317
1966#3,5376
1965#2,17814
1964#2,54611
1963#2,04416
1962#2,8489
1961#2,9009
1960#2,68510
1959#2,03316
1958#1,48328
1957#1,71522
1956#2,01516
1955#1,97916
1954#1,82618
1953#1,67721
1952#1,48526
1951#1,21836
1950#1,39527
1949#1,12839
1948#1,32330
1947#1,10843
1946#1,21733
1945#92748
1944#93547
1943#92352
1942#92352
1941#92547
1940#71872
1939#72668
1938#76464
1937#67179
1936#68575
1935#67878
1934#582103
1933#509122
1932#545116
1931#80860
1930#94451
1929#78867
1928#75273
1927#77472
1926#90255
1925#85161
1924#85964
1923#1,04146
1922#88261
1921#96253
1920#94054
1919#79067
1918#93351
1917#94646
1916#86453
1915#85752
1914#77746
1913#68144
1912#66840
1911#49735
1910#46135
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1908#47527
1907#39632
1906#35035
1905#29047
1904#32837
1903#38126
1902#42623
1901#55913
1900#53420
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First appearance
1900

The first year at least five boys were named Rosevelt! It came in at #534, and was given to 20 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1973–1975, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Rosevelt is popular in 1923

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #372 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,929 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #417 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,812 boysLAMississippi: #310 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,679 boysMSAlabama: #419 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,255 boysALGeorgia: #342 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,531 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Rosevelt, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#310 · 1 in 2,679
  2. Georgia#342 · 1 in 3,531
  3. South Carolina#372 · 1 in 3,929
  4. Louisiana#417 · 1 in 3,812
  5. Alabama#419 · 1 in 4,255

Best ever in a state: #130 in South Carolina, 1910.

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Mississippi#31071 in 2,679
Georgia#34281 in 3,531
South Carolina#37251 in 3,929
Louisiana#41751 in 3,812
Alabama#41961 in 4,255
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Rosevelt
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1993
  • Biggest jump: 263 spots in 1932 (#808 → #545)
  • Biggest drop: 290 spots in 1946 (#927 → #1,217)
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1900
  • Peaked 1905 at #290 (47 births)
  • Births halved by 1953, 48 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 45 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1900–1922
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,815
  • Highest: 1 in 2,815 boys born in 1905 were named Rosevelt (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 392,266 boys born in 1993 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1930s
  • 26.5% of all boys named Rosevelt (816) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s289#290 (1905)#421
1910s469#461 (1910)#747
1920s606#752 (1928)#875
1930s816#509 (1933)#691
1940s463#718 (1940)#1,013
1950s226#1,218 (1951)#1,683
1960s97#2,044 (1963)#2,897
1970s44#3,146 (1971)#4,197
1980s49#3,805 (1985)#5,399
1990s15#8,117 (1990)#8,351

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Rosevelt in 1923

boys
#1,041
46 births · 1 in 23,828 boys

Top boys' names in 1923

  1. #1John57,467
  2. #2Robert56,111
  3. #3William52,136
  4. #4James50,462
  5. #5Charles28,966
  6. #6George27,025
  7. #7Joseph25,561
  8. #8Edward20,597
  9. #9Richard18,887
  10. #10Donald16,433
  11. #1,041Rosevelt46
More about 1923

boys

1,096,102 boys got a published name in 1923; 1 in 23,828 of them was named Rosevelt, which outranked 78.8% of the 4,904 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rosevelt
  1. #1,026Junious47
  2. #1,026Kurt47
  3. #1,026Oakley47
  4. #1,041Rosevelt46
  5. #1,041Agustin46
  6. #1,041Author46
  7. #1,041Coolidge46
  8. #1,057Adrain45
  9. #1,057Baxter45
  10. #1,057Bernardo45

Tied with 15 names at #1,041; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. ↑ 403Marcos#1,333 → #930
  2. ↑ 341Armin#1,333 → #992
  3. ↑ 309Betty#1,222 → #913
  4. ↑ 309Godfrey#1,222 → #913
  5. ↑ 308Val#1,181 → #873
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,021Harden#999 → #2,020
  2. ↓ 472Buel#850 → #1,322
  3. ↓ 420Trinidad#485 → #905
  4. ↓ 304Gorden#722 → #1,026
  5. ↓ 288Joy#840 → #1,128

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

See the top 100 for 1923 →