Rosebud — girls' name

What the Data Says About Rosebud

The Social Security Administration has registered 738 babies named Rosebud between 1888 and 1973, spanning 86 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rosebud currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1973. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 39 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rosebud performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 266 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Rosebud shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 19 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Rosebud in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rosebud 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 738 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.