Rosalee
Rosalee was given to 270 girls in 2025, #954 among girls’ names; 12,900 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 7,540 Americans named Rosalee and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (59% of everyone recorded); the median is 16 years old and half are between 7 and 68.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Rosalee by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Rosalee mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Rosalee is “a female given name from Latin.”
A re-spelling of Rosalie.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Rosalee?
#954 among girls’ names, 2025
Rosalee rose from #1,123 in 2015 to #954 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.13 to 0.17 per 1,000.
346 babies in 2020, the peak
Rosalee peaked in 2020, when 346 girls were given it, #788 among girls’ names. The 270 births of 2025 are 78% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 270 | #954 | 0.17 |
| 2024 | 274 | #953 | 0.17 |
| 2023 | 240 | #1,049 | 0.15 |
| 2022 | 280 | #961 | 0.17 |
| 2021 | 343 | #814 | 0.21 |
| 2020 | 346 | #788 | 0.21 |
| 2019 | 285 | #929 | 0.17 |
| 2018 | 322 | #844 | 0.19 |
| 2017 | 254 | #1,024 | 0.15 |
| 2016 | 248 | #1,054 | 0.14 |
Every recorded year (140)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 228 | #1,123 | 0.13 |
| 2014 | 213 | #1,162 | 0.12 |
| 2013 | 192 | #1,245 | 0.11 |
| 2012 | 136 | #1,600 | 0.08 |
| 2011 | 102 | #1,949 | 0.06 |
| 2010 | 100 | #2,007 | 0.06 |
| 2009 | 59 | #2,959 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 38 | #4,157 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 40 | #3,965 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 42 | #3,718 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 46 | #3,353 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 40 | #3,676 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 41 | #3,509 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 36 | #3,709 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 40 | #3,403 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 30 | #4,153 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 41 | #3,174 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 28 | #4,111 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 34 | #3,425 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 32 | #3,548 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,473 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 29 | #3,763 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 37 | #3,144 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 29 | #3,753 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 34 | #3,270 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 35 | #3,204 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 37 | #2,966 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 31 | #3,203 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 45 | #2,352 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 44 | #2,329 | 0.03 |
| 1985 | 33 | #2,845 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 38 | #2,506 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 41 | #2,345 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 37 | #2,569 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 46 | #2,221 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 39 | #2,475 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 31 | #2,841 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 48 | #2,007 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 32 | #2,649 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 41 | #2,127 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 40 | #2,157 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 23 | #3,072 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 32 | #2,389 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 29 | #2,498 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 31 | #2,462 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 23 | #3,004 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 42 | #1,951 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 34 | #2,081 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 33 | #2,065 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 29 | #2,237 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 49 | #1,614 | 0.03 |
| 1964 | 48 | #1,683 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 58 | #1,475 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 40 | #1,821 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 46 | #1,691 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 47 | #1,649 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 67 | #1,310 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 49 | #1,538 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 63 | #1,338 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 64 | #1,308 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 72 | #1,182 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 47 | #1,478 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 75 | #1,128 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 86 | #1,015 | 0.05 |
| 1951 | 121 | #814 | 0.07 |
| 1950 | 109 | #847 | 0.06 |
| 1949 | 135 | #734 | 0.08 |
| 1948 | 142 | #703 | 0.08 |
| 1947 | 163 | #654 | 0.09 |
| 1946 | 157 | #629 | 0.10 |
| 1945 | 144 | #600 | 0.11 |
| 1944 | 169 | #561 | 0.13 |
| 1943 | 199 | #535 | 0.14 |
| 1942 | 202 | #524 | 0.15 |
| 1941 | 186 | #507 | 0.15 |
| 1940 | 200 | #482 | 0.17 |
| 1939 | 206 | #467 | 0.19 |
| 1938 | 274 | #405 | 0.25 |
| 1937 | 153 | #539 | 0.14 |
| 1936 | 130 | #583 | 0.12 |
| 1935 | 149 | #529 | 0.14 |
| 1934 | 159 | #512 | 0.15 |
| 1933 | 151 | #519 | 0.15 |
| 1932 | 169 | #504 | 0.16 |
| 1931 | 171 | #493 | 0.16 |
| 1930 | 177 | #503 | 0.16 |
| 1929 | 176 | #512 | 0.16 |
| 1928 | 161 | #550 | 0.14 |
| 1927 | 174 | #539 | 0.15 |
| 1926 | 151 | #579 | 0.13 |
| 1925 | 138 | #625 | 0.11 |
| 1924 | 152 | #608 | 0.12 |
| 1923 | 167 | #562 | 0.14 |
| 1922 | 145 | #599 | 0.12 |
| 1921 | 156 | #579 | 0.13 |
| 1920 | 182 | #522 | 0.15 |
| 1919 | 141 | #596 | 0.12 |
| 1918 | 140 | #603 | 0.12 |
| 1917 | 149 | #555 | 0.14 |
| 1916 | 101 | #683 | 0.10 |
| 1915 | 108 | #635 | 0.11 |
| 1914 | 100 | #564 | 0.13 |
| 1913 | 73 | #609 | 0.12 |
| 1912 | 61 | #637 | 0.11 |
| 1911 | 35 | #739 | 0.08 |
| 1910 | 46 | #628 | 0.12 |
| 1909 | 33 | #704 | 0.10 |
| 1908 | 39 | #612 | 0.12 |
| 1907 | 34 | #646 | 0.11 |
| 1906 | 22 | #790 | 0.07 |
| 1905 | 33 | #617 | 0.11 |
| 1904 | 32 | #608 | 0.12 |
| 1903 | 19 | #808 | 0.07 |
| 1902 | 24 | #711 | 0.09 |
| 1901 | 10 | #1,123 | 0.04 |
| 1900 | 24 | #757 | 0.08 |
| 1899 | 19 | #750 | 0.08 |
| 1898 | 16 | #881 | 0.06 |
| 1897 | 21 | #696 | 0.09 |
| 1896 | 18 | #783 | 0.08 |
| 1895 | 12 | #973 | 0.05 |
| 1894 | 13 | #897 | 0.06 |
| 1893 | 9 | #1,080 | 0.04 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,421 | 0.03 |
| 1891 | 12 | #833 | 0.06 |
| 1890 | 16 | #688 | 0.08 |
| 1888 | 10 | #881 | 0.06 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,254 | 0.03 |
| 1885 | 9 | #787 | 0.07 |
| 1880 | 5 | #923 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Rosalee a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Rosalee has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 140 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Rosalee: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Rosalee, and how old are they?
7,540 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 59% of the 12,900 Americans ever recorded as Rosalee. The median Rosalee alive today is 16 years old; half are between 7 and 68.
The 2020 Census counted 6,900 people named Rosalee (6,891 women and girls, 9 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 6,696 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 962 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,180 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 516 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 555 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 845 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,470 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Rosalee born?
The states with the most babies named Rosalee are Texas, California and Ohio, with 23% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 21 | #1,257 | 0.7× |
| California | 16 | #1,467 | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 15 | #662 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 14 | #1,101 | 0.6× |
| Kentucky | 14 | #326 | 0.6× |
| Michigan | 13 | #631 | 0.7× |
| New York | 12 | #1,225 | 0.4× |
| North Carolina | 12 | #820 | 0.6× |
| Pennsylvania | 10 | #913 | 0.4× |
| Tennessee | 10 | #743 | 0.6× |
Where Rosalee is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Rosalee is most over-represented in South Carolina: since 1910 it was given 2.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Rosalee with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 113,269 babies since 1880, Rosalee is the second most given (11% of them). In 2025 it was given to 270 of their 2,642 babies (10%), the third most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Rosalee
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Rosalee and names like it
- Compare Rosalee and RosalieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sRosalee peaked in 2020.
- South Carolina’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Rosalee since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Rosalee: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2020The year the most babies were named Rosalee.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Rosalee alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with RMost given first.