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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201941peak #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 1941

  • 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: #335 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 3,595 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedWIMichigan: #442 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,838 girlsMINew York: #681 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 16,076 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: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedIAIndiana: #365 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,797 girlsINOhio: #453 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 7,146 girlsOHPennsylvania: #455 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,856 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #141 for girls · 77 births · 1 in 724 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedUTColorado: #181 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 911 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedNEMissouri: #163 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,065 girlsMOKentucky: #185 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,060 girlsKYWest Virginia: #247 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,959 girlsWVVirginia: #190 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,043 girlsVAMaryland: #220 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,637 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedDEArizona: #75 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 281 girlsAZNew Mexico: #60 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 217 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedKSArkansas: #59 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 273 girlsARTennessee: #129 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 639 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #207 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 1,219 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #189 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 900 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #163 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 844 girlsOKLouisiana: #87 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 348 girlsLAMississippi: #14 for girls · 223 births · 1 in 104 girlsMSAlabama: #68 for girls · 101 births · 1 in 294 girlsALGeorgia: #151 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 651 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Rosie, so not publishedHITexas: #97 for girls · 137 births · 1 in 465 girlsTXFlorida: #287 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,023 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#14 · 1 in 104
  2. Arkansas#59 · 1 in 273
  3. New Mexico#60 · 1 in 217
  4. Alabama#68 · 1 in 294
  5. Arizona#75 · 1 in 281

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#142231 in 104
Arkansas#59721 in 273
New Mexico#60271 in 217
Alabama#681011 in 294
Arizona#75181 in 281
Louisiana#87711 in 348
Texas#971371 in 465
Tennessee#129461 in 639
California#141771 in 724
Georgia#151501 in 651
Missouri#163281 in 1,065
Oklahoma#163241 in 844
Colorado#181101 in 911
Kentucky#185271 in 1,060
South Carolina#189251 in 900
Virginia#190251 in 1,043
North Carolina#207321 in 1,219
Maryland#22091 in 1,637
West Virginia#247101 in 1,959
Florida#28781 in 2,023
Illinois#335171 in 3,595
Indiana#36561 in 4,797
Michigan#44271 in 6,838
Ohio#45381 in 7,146
Pennsylvania#455101 in 7,856
New York#68161 in 16,076
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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 1941

girls
#177
1,107 births · 1 in 1,091 girls
boys
#1,903
14 births · 1 in 87,737 boys

Top girls' names in 1941

  1. #1Mary58,048
  2. #2Barbara39,543
  3. #3Patricia36,905
  4. #4Carol24,187
  5. #5Linda23,721
  6. #6Judith23,320
  7. #7Betty20,905
  8. #8Nancy20,885
  9. #9Sandra19,500
  10. #10Shirley16,954
  11. #177Rosie1,107

Top boys' names in 1941

  1. #1James66,751
  2. #2Robert64,247
  3. #3John57,520
  4. #4William47,798
  5. #5Richard39,112
  6. #6Charles32,742
  7. #7David30,553
  8. #8Thomas26,641
  9. #9Ronald24,407
  10. #10Donald22,641
  11. #1,903Rosie14
More about 1941

girls

1,208,119 girls got a published name in 1941; 1 in 1,091 of them was named Rosie, which outranked 96.5% of the 5,085 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rosie
  1. #174Caroline1,173
  2. #175Rosemarie1,168
  3. #176Patty1,139
  4. #177Rosie1,107
  5. #178Jackie1,094
  6. #179Agnes1,093
  7. #180Geneva1,051
Biggest movers since 1940
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,130Jerilyn#2,737 → #607
  2. ↑ 1,258Trina#2,109 → #851
  3. ↑ 372Karan#1,347 → #975
  4. ↑ 371Kristine#1,313 → #942
  5. ↑ 356Sherri#1,186 → #830
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Kenneth#971 → #1,418
  2. ↓ 421Janna#997 → #1,418
  3. ↓ 366Beatriz#989 → #1,355
  4. ↓ 338Merna#997 → #1,335
  5. ↓ 337Eldora#957 → #1,294

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

boys

1,228,318 boys got a published name in 1941; 1 in 87,737 of them was named Rosie, which outranked 52.4% of the 4,002 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rosie
  1. #1,821Windel15
  2. #1,821Winslow15
  3. #1,821Yvonne15
  4. #1,903Rosie14
  5. #1,903Adolf14
  6. #1,903Alfonse14
  7. #1,903Alger14
  8. #1,997Adrien13
  9. #1,997Adron13
  10. #1,997Almon13

Tied with 93 names at #1,903; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1940
Risers
  1. ↑ 586Gay#1,573 → #987
  2. ↑ 375Issac#1,251 → #876
  3. ↑ 363Otho#1,334 → #971
  4. ↑ 338Lawrance#1,208 → #870
  5. ↑ 313Ford#1,251 → #938
Fallers
  1. ↓ 508Wilkie#792 → #1,300
  2. ↓ 452Arlis#994 → #1,446
  3. ↓ 394Ruby#939 → #1,333
  4. ↓ 359Gonzalo#850 → #1,209
  5. ↓ 325Lenord#929 → #1,254

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

See the top 100 for 1941 →