Rosamond — girls' name
3,283 babies named Rosamond in U.S. Social Security records since 1881, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
27% of everyone ever named Rosamond was born in this single decade.
111 babies were named Rosamond in 1916 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rosamond
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,283 babies named Rosamond between 1881 and 2019, spanning 139 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rosamond currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 111 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rosamond performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 895 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Rosamond shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Massachusetts, which accounts for 377 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Rosamond in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rosamond 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 3,283 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.
Rosamond at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rosamond popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1881
- Peak year (1916)
- 111
- Annual births at peak — across 139 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
3,283 total births across 139 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1916 with 111 births in a single year.
Rosamond popularity over time — boys
6 total births recorded since 1927 (Rosamond as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Rosamond accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Rosamond by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 895 births that decade — 27% of Rosamond's all-time total
Rosamond decade highlights
- Peak decade 895 births
- Runner-up 855 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Rosamond's strongest decade
895 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Rosamond by state
Where Rosamond concentrates geographically — total births since 1881
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Massachusetts | | 377 | 11.5% |
| #2 | New York | | 250 | 7.6% |
| #3 | Indiana | | 70 | 2.1% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 63 | 1.9% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 48 | 1.5% |
| #6 | California | | 41 | 1.2% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 37 | 1.1% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 25 | 0.8% |
377 of 3,283 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 17 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Massachusetts 11.5% of nationwide
- New York 7.6% of nationwide
- Indiana 2.1% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 1.9% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 17 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Massachusetts accounts for 11.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Rosamond appears in 17 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, 1881–2019 (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.