Rosie
Rosie is ranked 311th among girls in 2024 (984 births). Its best rank was 114th, in 1910.
- Rank in 2024
- #311up 81 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 9840.06% of girls
- Peak year
- 19271,560 births
- Best rank
- #114in 1910
- Since 1880
- 84,454people given the name
The story in the numbers
84,454 girls have been named Rosie in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1927, with 1,560 births — 0.13% of all girls recorded that year.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1937, and the 1920s alone account for 17%. It has spent 115 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Rosie | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,485 | |
| 1890s | 2,918 | |
| 1900s | 4,828 | |
| 1910s | 9,565 | |
| 1920s | 14,290 | |
| 1930s | 12,060 | |
| 1940s | 11,403 | |
| 1950s | 10,012 | |
| 1960s | 4,920 | |
| 1970s | 1,961 | |
| 1980s | 1,325 | |
| 1990s | 1,289 | |
| 2000s | 1,209 | |
| 2010s | 3,338 | |
| 2020s | 3,851 |
In 1927, its biggest year
Rosie was the 152nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1927 were Mary, Dorothy, Betty, Helen and Margaret. See all of 1927.
Names that rose and fell with Rosie
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Janniepeak 1924
- Dollypeak 1926
- Rosepeak 1917
- Pearliepeak 1937
- Lenorapeak 1924
- Lavadapeak 1921
- Georgiapeak 1947
- Nonapeak 1950
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.