Rosie

#283 for girls in 2025, 1,088 births · Last seen for boys in 1963 at #3,646
Given to girls 99.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
1910 · 736 births
Debut · girls
106 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
85,556
since 1880

Rosie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Rosie has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201912peak #114, 1910girls
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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#2831,088—
2024#310992—
2023#392785—
2022#423747—
2021#456686—
2020#469652—
2019#563545—
2018#618486—
2017#678433—
2016#719396—
2015#775365—
2014#844327—
2013#860300—
2012#1,096225—
2011#1,598135—
2010#1,649129—
2009#1,584142—
2008#1,597142—
2007#1,689130—
2006#1,672126—
2005#1,704116—
2004#1,781107—
2003#1,720110—
2002#1,500126—
2001#1,660109—
2000#1,730101—
1999#1,560108—
1998#1,219150—
1997#1,204150—
1996#1,314130—
1995#1,279131—
1994#1,444110—
1993#1,372120—
1992#1,381119—
1991#1,395115—
1990#1,110157—
1989#1,259125—
1988#1,239120—
1987#1,363100—
1986#1,187119—
1985#1,178120—
1984#1,035137—
1983#1,060131—
1982#950156—
1981#927162—
1980#959154—
1979#912162—
1978#898160—
1977#835179—
1976#832166—
1975#821166—
1974#859152—
1973#662225—
1972#653234—
1971#632262—
1970#646255—
1969#576294—
1968#562289—
1967#514340—
1966#479381—
1965#436470—
1964#418541—
1963#397582#3,6466
1962#383599#3,3057
1961#368679—
1960#353745#2,8719
1959#335807—
1958#294917#3,9445
1957#285983#3,0248
1956#2691,013#3,9425
1955#2651,024—
1954#2501,072—
1953#257999#3,1437
1952#2471,004—
1951#2331,088—
1950#2291,105#2,5809
1949#2161,212—
1948#2151,151#3,0107
1947#2141,209—
1946#2051,183#2,5349
1945#1861,095#2,9966
1944#1931,090#2,6338
1943#1931,127#1,91015
1942#1891,110#2,04213
1941#1771,107#1,90314
1940#1741,119#1,47121
1939#1711,160#2,15911
1938#1701,194#2,8687
1937#1781,121#2,4799
1936#1731,111#1,72316
1935#1661,188#1,70817
1934#1601,240#1,78316
1933#1551,180#2,09312
1932#1521,314#1,84816
1931#1551,207#2,47110
1930#1531,345#2,29312
1929#1541,366#1,61121
1928#1561,385#2,27013
1927#1521,560#1,69221
1926#1561,492#2,18614
1925#1561,516#3,1558
1924#1631,482#3,5057
1923#1661,395#2,22414
1922#1651,385#4,3075
1921#1701,313#2,9869
1920#1621,396#3,4897
1919#1581,398#3,7366
1918#1741,190#2,26013
1917#1791,099#3,5456
1916#1811,030#3,8975
1915#174975#1,70717
1914#153957#1,97511
1913#156744#2,0928
1912#138793—
1911#131643—
1910#114736—
1909#119604—
1908#139502—
1907#132511#1,3455
1906#127497—
1905#127500—
1904#127468—
1903#132423—
1902#134417—
1901#148330—
1900#116576—
1899#140332—
1898#153330—
1897#141339—
1896#150314—
1895#141322#1,0795
1894#152288—
1893#162242—
1892#156249—
1891#136264—
1890#150238—
1889#142239—
1888#150211—
1887#152162—
1886#175133—
1885#154142—
1884#140152—
1883#155115—
1882#129140—
1881#15885—
1880#141106—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Rosie was already there! It came in at #141, and was given to 106 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 110 girls a year got the name.

Where Rosie is popular in 1912

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedMNIllinois: #421 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,646 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedWIMichigan: #283 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,619 girlsMINew York: #487 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,877 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedSDIowa: #191 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,133 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #271 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,271 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedNEMissouri: #213 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,269 girlsMOKentucky: #104 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 413 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedWVVirginia: #140 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 675 girlsVAMaryland: #108 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 512 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedKSArkansas: #45 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 164 girlsARTennessee: #93 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 333 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #137 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 588 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #114 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 489 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #173 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 842 girlsOKLouisiana: #64 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 217 girlsLAMississippi: #7 for girls · 147 births · 1 in 83 girlsMSAlabama: #31 for girls · 116 births · 1 in 136 girlsALGeorgia: #109 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 412 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedHITexas: #72 for girls · 87 births · 1 in 303 girlsTXFlorida: #116 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 415 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#7 · 1 in 83
  2. Alabama#31 · 1 in 136
  3. Arkansas#45 · 1 in 164
  4. Louisiana#64 · 1 in 217
  5. Texas#72 · 1 in 303

Best ever in a state: #5 in Mississippi, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#71471 in 83
Alabama#311161 in 136
Arkansas#45581 in 164
Louisiana#64551 in 217
Texas#72871 in 303
Tennessee#93401 in 333
Kentucky#104331 in 413
Maryland#108131 in 512
Georgia#109481 in 412
South Carolina#114241 in 489
Florida#116131 in 415
North Carolina#137291 in 588
Virginia#140211 in 675
Oklahoma#173121 in 842
Iowa#19181 in 1,133
Missouri#213121 in 1,269
Pennsylvania#271141 in 3,271
Michigan#28351 in 2,619
Illinois#42151 in 5,646
New York#48751 in 9,877
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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 Rosie
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 27 spots since 2024 (#310 → #283)
  • 186 spots since 2020 (#469 → #283)
  • 492 spots since 2015 (#775 → #283)
  • Biggest jump: 236 spots in 2013 (#1,096 → #860)
  • Biggest drop: 197 spots in 1974 (#662 → #859)
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1910 at #114 (736 births)
  • Births halved by 1967, 57 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 116 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 116 yrs · run 1880–1982
Share of babies · girls
1 in 520
  • Highest: 1 in 520 girls born in 1900 were named Rosie (0.19%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,477 girls born in 2025 (0.07%)
  • Its best rank, #114 in 1910, was only 1 in 539 (0.19%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 16.7% of all girls named Rosie (14,290) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #114 (1910) → #1,781 (2004) → #283 (2025)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,485#129 (1882)#150
1890s2,918#136 (1891)#148
1900s4,828#116 (1900)#130
1910s9,565#114 (1910)#156
1920s14,290#152 (1927)#160
1930s12,060#152 (1932)#163
1940s11,403#174 (1940)#196
1950s10,012#229 (1950)#266
1960s4,920#353 (1960)#449
1970s1,961#632 (1971)#775
1980s1,324#927 (1981)#1,116
1990s1,290#1,110 (1990)#1,328
2000s1,209#1,500 (2002)#1,664
2010s3,341#563 (2019)#940
2020s4,950#283 (2025)#389

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.

Rosie in 1912

girls
#138
793 births · 1 in 704 girls

Top girls' names in 1912

  1. #1Mary32,304
  2. #2Helen16,133
  3. #3Dorothy12,645
  4. #4Margaret12,536
  5. #5Ruth11,280
  6. #6Mildred8,764
  7. #7Anna8,586
  8. #8Elizabeth8,527
  9. #9Frances6,680
  10. #10Marie6,642
  11. #138Rosie793
More about 1912

girls

558,119 girls got a published name in 1912; 1 in 704 of them was named Rosie, which outranked 96.0% of the 3,445 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rosie
  1. #135Henrietta822
  2. #136Sally821
  3. #137Norma800
  4. #138Rosie793
  5. #139Caroline785
  6. #140Phyllis779
  7. #141Erma774
Biggest movers since 1911
Risers
  1. ↑ 712Jule#1,545 → #833
  2. ↑ 626Beula#1,545 → #919
  3. ↑ 602Noma#1,372 → #770
  4. ↑ 577Walter#1,372 → #795
  5. ↑ 490Izora#1,450 → #960
Fallers
  1. ↓ 912Mabell#932 → #1,844
  2. ↓ 602Justina#875 → #1,477
  3. ↓ 579Irine#898 → #1,477
  4. ↓ 579Sula#898 → #1,477
  5. ↓ 568Cordia#853 → #1,421

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

See the top 100 for 1912 →