Rosalie — #177 US girls' name
82,239 babies named Rosalie in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1938. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99% of names given to girls today.
17% of everyone ever named Rosalie was born in this single decade.
3,758 babies were named Rosalie in 1938 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rosalie
The Social Security Administration has registered 82,239 babies named Rosalie between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rosalie currently holds the #177 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1938, when 3,758 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rosalie performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 13,713 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Rosalie shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 9,518 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Rosalie in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rosalie in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 82,239 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Rosalie at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Rosalie popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1938)
- 3,758
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #177 among girls.
82,239 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1938 with 3,758 births in a single year.
Rosalie popularity over time — boys
96 total births recorded since 1918 (Rosalie as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Rosalie accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Rosalie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 13,713 births that decade — 17% of Rosalie's all-time total
Rosalie decade highlights
- Peak decade 13,713 births
- Runner-up 12,587 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Rosalie's strongest decade
13,713 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 17% of all-time use.
Rosalie by state
Where Rosalie concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 9,518 | 11.6% |
| #2 | California | | 7,607 | 9.2% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 5,509 | 6.7% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 4,333 | 5.3% |
| #5 | Texas | | 3,972 | 4.8% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 3,189 | 3.9% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 3,126 | 3.8% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 2,627 | 3.2% |
9,518 of 82,239 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 11.6% of nationwide
- California 9.2% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 6.7% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.3% of nationwide
- Texas 4.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 11.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Rosalie appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.