Meaning not yet researched.
Rosemary: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,222 in 2025. Its best rank was #74 in 1946.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #74 in 1946; #251 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Rosemary in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#251 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1946, at #74.
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Rosemary: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,222 girls in 2025. Peak: #74 in 1946 · most girls in one year: 4,542 (1947).
In 2025, 1,222 US girls were named Rosemary, making it the 251st most common girls’ name of the year, up 50 places from #301 in 2024. That is 174 more than the 1,048 girls named Rosemary in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #74, reached in 1946. The most girls given the name in a single year was 4,542, in 1947. For comparison, it was #517 in 2015 and #101 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Rosemary in 144 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1882 with 9 babies. In all, 163,523 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1940s, with 34,382 babies named Rosemary.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 8,591 US girls were named Rosemary; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 1,222. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,315 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Rosemary ranked highest in Alaska in 2025, at #85 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Rosemarie (51,459 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Rosamaria, Rosamary and Rosemaria are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Marie, Mary, Rose, Rosemarie and Rosey.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Rosamaria (2,000), Rosamary (195), Rosemaria (163), Rosmary (146), Rosmarie (73), Rosemari (53), Rosemery (40), Rosemarry (6).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 7 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 8 | #85 | — |
| District of Columbia | 6 | #141 | #173 |
| Alabama | 30 | #147 | — |
| Minnesota | 36 | #151 | #319 |
| South Dakota | 8 | #156 | — |
| Hawaii | 6 | #158 | — |
| Tennessee | 49 | #158 | #312 |
| Maine | 7 | #169 | — |
| New Hampshire | 8 | #170 | — |
| Virginia | 48 | #171 | #1,045 |
| Missouri | 35 | #177 | #463 |
| Utah | 26 | #180 | #391 |
| Nebraska | 13 | #180 | — |
| Kentucky | 26 | #184 | #705 |
| Indiana | 38 | #186 | #612 |
| Wisconsin | 30 | #188 | #299 |
| Montana | 6 | #203 | — |
| Arkansas | 15 | #206 | #564 |
| North Carolina | 53 | #207 | #369 |
| Ohio | 54 | #216 | #475 |
| Michigan | 42 | #216 | #547 |
| Oregon | 17 | #219 | #290 |
| Colorado | 29 | #221 | #337 |
| Idaho | 10 | #236 | — |
| Washington | 31 | #237 | #354 |
| Louisiana | 19 | #239 | #759 |
| Oklahoma | 17 | #242 | #562 |
| Massachusetts | 24 | #243 | #393 |
| Iowa | 13 | #272 | — |
| Kansas | 12 | #278 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 39 | #287 | #707 |
| Mississippi | 10 | #295 | — |
| Maryland | 18 | #299 | #563 |
| Texas | 108 | #316 | #701 |
| Illinois | 34 | #322 | #460 |
| Georgia | 33 | #337 | #722 |
| Arizona | 21 | #342 | #700 |
| California | 92 | #358 | #432 |
| West Virginia | 5 | #361 | — |
| South Carolina | 14 | #366 | #455 |
| Florida | 47 | #403 | #898 |
| New York | 42 | #419 | #601 |
| Nevada | 6 | #498 | — |
| New Jersey | 14 | #563 | #927 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,222 | #251 | — | — |
| 2024 | 1,048 | #301 | — | — |
| 2023 | 995 | #310 | — | — |
| 2022 | 873 | #365 | — | — |
| 2021 | 846 | #363 | — | — |
| 2020 | 698 | #442 | — | — |
| 2019 | 771 | #404 | — | — |
| 2018 | 699 | #453 | — | — |
| 2017 | 699 | #453 | — | — |
| 2016 | 740 | #436 | — | — |
| 2015 | 607 | #517 | — | — |
| 2014 | 537 | #570 | — | — |
| 2013 | 563 | #531 | — | — |
| 2012 | 479 | #601 | — | — |
| 2011 | 439 | #651 | — | — |
| 2010 | 396 | #714 | — | — |
| 2009 | 404 | #717 | — | — |
| 2008 | 398 | #746 | — | — |
| 2007 | 406 | #721 | — | — |
| 2006 | 411 | #689 | — | — |
| 2005 | 362 | #745 | — | — |
| 2004 | 376 | #712 | — | — |
| 2003 | 403 | #661 | — | — |
| 2002 | 403 | #634 | — | — |
| 2001 | 401 | #624 | — | — |
| 2000 | 397 | #631 | — | — |
| 1999 | 375 | #631 | — | — |
| 1998 | 395 | #609 | — | — |
| 1997 | 339 | #651 | — | — |
| 1996 | 421 | #555 | — | — |
| 1995 | 403 | #571 | — | — |
| 1994 | 402 | #572 | — | — |
| 1993 | 395 | #595 | — | — |
| 1992 | 420 | #561 | — | — |
| 1991 | 429 | #550 | — | — |
| 1990 | 472 | #509 | 5 | #9,240 |
| 1989 | 466 | #504 | 8 | #6,110 |
| 1988 | 431 | #512 | — | — |
| 1987 | 455 | #477 | — | — |
| 1986 | 473 | #455 | — | — |
| 1985 | 512 | #431 | — | — |
| 1984 | 490 | #430 | — | — |
| 1983 | 489 | #433 | 5 | #7,120 |
| 1982 | 532 | #420 | — | — |
| 1981 | 565 | #401 | 8 | #4,876 |
| 1980 | 576 | #395 | — | — |
| 1979 | 489 | #427 | — | — |
| 1978 | 453 | #442 | — | — |
| 1977 | 460 | #445 | 6 | #5,710 |
| 1976 | 497 | #406 | — | — |
| 1975 | 534 | #384 | — | — |
| 1974 | 624 | #348 | — | — |
| 1973 | 609 | #350 | — | — |
| 1972 | 617 | #357 | — | — |
| 1971 | 743 | #341 | 6 | #4,818 |
| 1970 | 797 | #331 | — | — |
| 1969 | 794 | #322 | 7 | #3,865 |
| 1968 | 876 | #296 | 6 | #4,056 |
| 1967 | 914 | #281 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1966 | 1,122 | #254 | — | — |
| 1965 | 1,276 | #241 | 8 | #3,197 |
| 1964 | 1,629 | #214 | 7 | #3,550 |
| 1963 | 1,729 | #205 | 5 | #4,521 |
| 1962 | 1,939 | #195 | 9 | #3,006 |
| 1961 | 2,133 | #181 | — | — |
| 1960 | 2,192 | #181 | — | — |
| 1959 | 2,230 | #173 | 6 | #3,920 |
| 1958 | 2,223 | #171 | — | — |
| 1957 | 2,275 | #168 | 7 | #3,507 |
| 1956 | 2,066 | #175 | 7 | #3,490 |
| 1955 | 2,015 | #171 | 5 | #4,304 |
| 1954 | 2,192 | #160 | 9 | #2,914 |
| 1953 | 2,432 | #147 | — | — |
| 1952 | 2,787 | #130 | — | — |
| 1951 | 3,345 | #109 | 7 | #3,309 |
| 1950 | 3,455 | #101 | 7 | #3,272 |
| 1949 | 3,633 | #98 | 7 | #3,256 |
| 1948 | 3,870 | #90 | 11 | #2,425 |
| 1947 | 4,542 | #80 | — | — |
| 1946 | 4,486 | #74 | 8 | #2,880 |
| 1945 | 3,500 | #79 | 5 | #3,700 |
| 1944 | 2,744 | #99 | 12 | #2,177 |
| 1943 | 2,966 | #97 | 12 | #2,258 |
| 1942 | 3,005 | #92 | 11 | #2,366 |
| 1941 | 2,677 | #94 | 9 | #2,620 |
| 1940 | 2,874 | #85 | 10 | #2,452 |
| 1939 | 2,612 | #93 | 7 | #3,063 |
| 1938 | 2,681 | #95 | 11 | #2,300 |
| 1937 | 2,307 | #110 | 11 | #2,312 |
| 1936 | 2,148 | #111 | 8 | #2,813 |
| 1935 | 2,394 | #97 | 7 | #3,206 |
| 1934 | 2,132 | #111 | 8 | #2,919 |
| 1933 | 2,227 | #102 | 8 | #2,951 |
| 1932 | 2,483 | #100 | 10 | #2,608 |
| 1931 | 2,722 | #88 | 14 | #2,087 |
| 1930 | 3,151 | #82 | — | — |
| 1929 | 3,107 | #80 | 14 | #2,180 |
| 1928 | 2,972 | #88 | 8 | #3,312 |
| 1927 | 3,153 | #86 | 12 | #2,504 |
| 1926 | 2,900 | #95 | 6 | #4,108 |
| 1925 | 2,755 | #103 | 5 | #4,768 |
| 1924 | 2,734 | #106 | 5 | #4,845 |
| 1923 | 2,427 | #110 | 5 | #4,781 |
| 1922 | 2,170 | #120 | — | — |
| 1921 | 2,034 | #128 | — | — |
| 1920 | 1,713 | #141 | — | — |
| 1919 | 1,330 | #166 | — | — |
| 1918 | 1,259 | #171 | — | — |
| 1917 | 1,124 | #176 | — | — |
| 1916 | 996 | #184 | — | — |
| 1915 | 820 | #201 | — | — |
| 1914 | 563 | #225 | — | — |
| 1913 | 388 | #246 | — | — |
| 1912 | 298 | #259 | — | — |
| 1911 | 160 | #312 | — | — |
| 1910 | 141 | #329 | — | — |
| 1909 | 123 | #328 | — | — |
| 1908 | 91 | #380 | — | — |
| 1907 | 87 | #382 | — | — |
| 1906 | 61 | #441 | — | — |
| 1905 | 64 | #424 | — | — |
| 1904 | 54 | #443 | — | — |
| 1903 | 48 | #464 | — | — |
| 1902 | 37 | #535 | — | — |
| 1901 | 29 | #589 | — | — |
| 1900 | 40 | #539 | — | — |
| 1899 | 23 | #660 | — | — |
| 1898 | 29 | #608 | — | — |
| 1897 | 29 | #563 | — | — |
| 1896 | 18 | #784 | — | — |
| 1895 | 23 | #656 | — | — |
| 1894 | 12 | #946 | — | — |
| 1893 | 23 | #612 | — | — |
| 1892 | 16 | #755 | — | — |
| 1891 | 11 | #882 | — | — |
| 1890 | 16 | #689 | — | — |
| 1889 | 14 | #715 | — | — |
| 1888 | 8 | #1,021 | — | — |
| 1887 | 11 | #723 | — | — |
| 1886 | 11 | #726 | — | — |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,176 | — | — |
| 1884 | 7 | #912 | — | — |
| 1883 | 8 | #749 | — | — |
| 1882 | 9 | #669 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).