Rosy
- #3,712 for girls in 2025, 40 births
- Peak · girls
- 1882 · 7 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,208since 1882
Rosy over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Rosy has never cracked the top 700 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 | #3,712 | 40 |
| 2024 | #3,277 | 48 |
| 2023 | #4,114 | 35 |
| 2022 | #3,470 | 45 |
| 2021 | #3,883 | 38 |
| 2020 | #3,676 | 40 |
| 2019 | #3,451 | 45 |
| 2018 | #2,841 | 59 |
| 2017 | #3,145 | 51 |
| 2016 | #3,139 | 52 |
| 2015 | #3,092 | 54 |
| 2014 | #3,486 | 45 |
| 2013 | #3,005 | 55 |
| 2012 | #4,836 | 29 |
| 2011 | #4,244 | 34 |
| 2010 | #4,180 | 35 |
| 2009 | #4,482 | 33 |
| 2008 | #4,268 | 36 |
| 2007 | #3,721 | 43 |
| 2006 | #4,073 | 36 |
| 2005 | #4,118 | 34 |
| 2004 | #4,172 | 33 |
| 2003 | #4,418 | 29 |
| 2002 | #3,810 | 34 |
| 2001 | #3,864 | 33 |
| 2000 | #3,527 | 37 |
| 1999 | #4,201 | 27 |
| 1998 | #4,023 | 28 |
| 1997 | #4,508 | 23 |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 |
| 1995 | #3,878 | 27 |
| 1994 | #3,168 | 36 |
| 1993 | #3,877 | 27 |
| 1992 | #4,382 | 23 |
| 1991 | #5,399 | 17 |
| 1990 | #4,003 | 25 |
| 1989 | #4,522 | 20 |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 |
| 1986 | #4,964 | 15 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 |
| 1984 | #4,966 | 14 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 |
| 1981 | #4,746 | 15 |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 |
| 1961 | #3,460 | 14 |
| 1960 | #2,904 | 18 |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 |
| 1958 | #3,543 | 12 |
| 1957 | #3,033 | 15 |
| 1956 | #3,696 | 11 |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 |
| 1953 | #2,921 | 14 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 |
| 1932 | #3,047 | 9 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 |
| 1929 | #2,737 | 11 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 |
| 1927 | #2,026 | 19 |
| 1926 | #1,667 | 25 |
| 1925 | #2,617 | 13 |
| 1924 | #2,137 | 18 |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 |
| 1922 | #2,958 | 11 |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 |
| 1920 | #3,340 | 9 |
| 1919 | #2,264 | 15 |
| 1918 | #2,376 | 14 |
| 1917 | #1,847 | 19 |
| 1916 | #2,368 | 13 |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 |
| 1908 | #1,547 | 8 |
| 1907 | #1,142 | 12 |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,137 | 10 |
| 1902 | #1,320 | 8 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 |
| 1899 | #1,181 | 8 |
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 |
| 1896 | #1,213 | 8 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,136 | 8 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,171 | 7 |
| 1891 | #1,006 | 8 |
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 |
| 1889 | #902 | 9 |
| 1888 | #959 | 8 |
| 1887 | #788 | 9 |
| 1886 | #778 | 9 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #851 | 7 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #740 | 7 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1882
The first year at least five girls were named Rosy! It came in at #740, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Rosy is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | #2,151 | 5 | 1 in 17,352 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 36 spots since 2020 (#3,676 → #3,712)
- Biggest jump: 57 spots in 1889
- Biggest drop: 197 spots in 1890
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1882 at #740 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1883, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1886–1889
Share of babies · girls
1 in 15,407
- Highest: 1 in 15,407 girls born in 1882 were named Rosy (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 40,182 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 20.8% of all girls named Rosy (459) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 49 | #740 (1882) | #836 |
| 1890s | 59 | #1,006 (1891) | #1,203 |
| 1900s | 64 | #1,137 (1903) | #1,499 |
| 1910s | 93 | #1,847 (1917) | #2,585 |
| 1920s | 134 | #1,667 (1926) | #2,757 |
| 1930s | 69 | #2,567 (1934) | #3,116 |
| 1940s | 54 | #3,030 (1941) | #3,643 |
| 1950s | 95 | #2,921 (1953) | #3,822 |
| 1960s | 85 | #2,904 (1960) | #5,046 |
| 1970s | 63 | #4,038 (1970) | #6,343 |
| 1980s | 139 | #4,522 (1989) | #5,285 |
| 1990s | 251 | #3,168 (1994) | #4,272 |
| 2000s | 348 | #3,527 (2000) | #4,045 |
| 2010s | 459 | #2,841 (2018) | #3,542 |
| 2020s | 246 | #3,277 (2024) | #3,689 |
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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