Rosary — #15410 US girls' name
574 babies named Rosary in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1943. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 13% of names given to girls today.
20% of everyone ever named Rosary was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Rosary in 1943 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rosary
The Social Security Administration has registered 574 babies named Rosary between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rosary currently holds the #15410 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1943, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rosary performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 117 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Rosary shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 32 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Rosary in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rosary 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 574 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.
Rosary at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Rosary popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1917
- Peak year (1943)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 108 years of records
Currently ranks #15410 among girls.
574 total births across 108 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1943 with 18 births in a single year.
Rosary by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 117 births that decade — 20% of Rosary's all-time total
Rosary decade highlights
- Peak decade 117 births
- Runner-up 99 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Rosary's strongest decade
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% of all-time use.
Rosary by state
Where Rosary concentrates geographically — total births since 1917
Top 5 states
- New York 5.6% of nationwide
- Louisiana 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 5.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1917–2024 (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.