Rosemarie
Rosemarie was given to 115 girls in 2025, #1,767 among girls’ names; 51,459 Americans have been recorded with it since 1896 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 30,100 Americans named Rosemarie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (58% of everyone recorded); the median is 66 years old and half are between 53 and 78.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Rosemarie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Rosemarie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Rosemarie is “a female given name from Latin, a variant of Rosemary borrowed from continental Europe.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Rosemarie?
#1,767 among girls’ names, 2025
Rosemarie fell from #1,618 in 2015 to #1,767 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 74.5 to 71.6 per million.
1,305 babies in 1936, the peak
Rosemarie peaked in 1936, when 1,305 babies were given it (1,300 girls, #158 among girls’ names). The 115 births of 2025 are 9% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 115 | #1,767 | 0.07 |
| 2024 | 109 | #1,850 | 0.07 |
| 2023 | 109 | #1,848 | 0.07 |
| 2022 | 115 | #1,792 | 0.07 |
| 2021 | 129 | #1,628 | 0.08 |
| 2020 | 101 | #1,905 | 0.06 |
| 2019 | 119 | #1,743 | 0.07 |
| 2018 | 122 | #1,704 | 0.07 |
| 2017 | 128 | #1,684 | 0.07 |
| 2016 | 116 | #1,794 | 0.07 |
Every recorded year (128)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 133 | #1,618 | 0.07 |
| 2014 | 137 | #1,581 | 0.08 |
| 2013 | 125 | #1,688 | 0.07 |
| 2012 | 106 | #1,902 | 0.06 |
| 2011 | 86 | #2,212 | 0.05 |
| 2010 | 79 | #2,400 | 0.04 |
| 2009 | 89 | #2,223 | 0.05 |
| 2008 | 94 | #2,151 | 0.05 |
| 2007 | 84 | #2,308 | 0.04 |
| 2006 | 103 | #1,954 | 0.05 |
| 2005 | 99 | #1,945 | 0.05 |
| 2004 | 97 | #1,938 | 0.05 |
| 2003 | 106 | #1,784 | 0.06 |
| 2002 | 117 | #1,592 | 0.07 |
| 2001 | 120 | #1,556 | 0.07 |
| 2000 | 137 | #1,366 | 0.08 |
| 1999 | 136 | #1,326 | 0.08 |
| 1998 | 113 | #1,505 | 0.06 |
| 1997 | 124 | #1,381 | 0.07 |
| 1996 | 116 | #1,428 | 0.07 |
| 1995 | 150 | #1,159 | 0.09 |
| 1994 | 127 | #1,333 | 0.07 |
| 1993 | 133 | #1,279 | 0.07 |
| 1992 | 162 | #1,106 | 0.09 |
| 1991 | 180 | #1,024 | 0.10 |
| 1990 | 172 | #1,042 | 0.09 |
| 1989 | 167 | #1,027 | 0.09 |
| 1988 | 188 | #912 | 0.11 |
| 1987 | 184 | #906 | 0.11 |
| 1986 | 174 | #924 | 0.10 |
| 1985 | 185 | #871 | 0.11 |
| 1984 | 169 | #889 | 0.10 |
| 1983 | 195 | #800 | 0.12 |
| 1982 | 255 | #690 | 0.15 |
| 1981 | 214 | #763 | 0.13 |
| 1980 | 246 | #695 | 0.15 |
| 1979 | 213 | #758 | 0.13 |
| 1978 | 209 | #746 | 0.14 |
| 1977 | 211 | #734 | 0.14 |
| 1976 | 212 | #699 | 0.14 |
| 1975 | 220 | #682 | 0.15 |
| 1974 | 272 | #583 | 0.19 |
| 1973 | 250 | #617 | 0.17 |
| 1972 | 271 | #592 | 0.18 |
| 1971 | 381 | #500 | 0.23 |
| 1970 | 486 | #451 | 0.28 |
| 1969 | 478 | #442 | 0.28 |
| 1968 | 501 | #423 | 0.31 |
| 1967 | 538 | #392 | 0.33 |
| 1966 | 562 | #384 | 0.33 |
| 1965 | 691 | #349 | 0.39 |
| 1964 | 841 | #325 | 0.44 |
| 1963 | 883 | #315 | 0.46 |
| 1962 | 943 | #302 | 0.48 |
| 1961 | 967 | #296 | 0.48 |
| 1960 | 999 | #291 | 0.49 |
| 1959 | 966 | #292 | 0.48 |
| 1958 | 915 | #295 | 0.45 |
| 1957 | 909 | #303 | 0.44 |
| 1956 | 812 | #311 | 0.40 |
| 1955 | 766 | #310 | 0.39 |
| 1954 | 739 | #312 | 0.38 |
| 1953 | 598 | #338 | 0.32 |
| 1952 | 709 | #299 | 0.38 |
| 1951 | 868 | #266 | 0.48 |
| 1950 | 847 | #261 | 0.49 |
| 1949 | 939 | #245 | 0.55 |
| 1948 | 1,047 | #229 | 0.62 |
| 1947 | 1,148 | #221 | 0.65 |
| 1946 | 1,068 | #221 | 0.68 |
| 1945 | 895 | #213 | 0.68 |
| 1944 | 1,025 | #196 | 0.77 |
| 1943 | 1,172 | #189 | 0.84 |
| 1942 | 1,240 | #179 | 0.92 |
| 1941 | 1,168 | #175 | 1.0 |
| 1940 | 1,129 | #173 | 1.0 |
| 1939 | 1,077 | #175 | 1.0 |
| 1938 | 1,150 | #176 | 1.0 |
| 1937 | 1,180 | #171 | 1.1 |
| 1936 | 1,300 | #158 | 1.2 |
| 1935 | 912 | #191 | 0.87 |
| 1934 | 886 | #201 | 0.85 |
| 1933 | 894 | #192 | 0.89 |
| 1932 | 866 | #209 | 0.81 |
| 1931 | 939 | #194 | 0.88 |
| 1930 | 926 | #204 | 0.82 |
| 1929 | 925 | #203 | 0.83 |
| 1928 | 913 | #208 | 0.79 |
| 1927 | 796 | #224 | 0.67 |
| 1926 | 723 | #242 | 0.61 |
| 1925 | 586 | #275 | 0.48 |
| 1924 | 296 | #400 | 0.24 |
| 1923 | 233 | #447 | 0.19 |
| 1922 | 188 | #508 | 0.16 |
| 1921 | 191 | #511 | 0.15 |
| 1920 | 175 | #537 | 0.15 |
| 1919 | 127 | #623 | 0.11 |
| 1918 | 153 | #577 | 0.13 |
| 1917 | 135 | #588 | 0.12 |
| 1916 | 87 | #730 | 0.08 |
| 1915 | 88 | #716 | 0.09 |
| 1914 | 80 | #650 | 0.11 |
| 1913 | 53 | #720 | 0.08 |
| 1912 | 39 | #806 | 0.07 |
| 1911 | 28 | #824 | 0.07 |
| 1910 | 21 | #964 | 0.05 |
| 1909 | 13 | #1,201 | 0.04 |
| 1908 | 23 | #825 | 0.07 |
| 1907 | 12 | #1,199 | 0.04 |
| 1906 | 11 | #1,216 | 0.04 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,667 | 0.02 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,831 | 0.02 |
| 1903 | 5 | #2,036 | 0.02 |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,569 | 0.03 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,903 | 0.02 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,699 | 0.02 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,928 | 0.02 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,773 | 0.02 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Rosemarie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Rosemarie has been given almost only to girls: 33 boys in 128 years of records.
Girls and boys named Rosemarie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Rosemarie, and how old are they?
30,100 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 58% of the 51,459 Americans ever recorded as Rosemarie. The median Rosemarie alive today is 66 years old; half are between 53 and 78.
The 2020 Census counted 51,041 people named Rosemarie (51,001 women and girls, 40 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 34,425 born in the U.S. The Census count is 48% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 5,730 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 13,100 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 5,270 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,690 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,670 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,550 |
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 Rosemarie born?
The states with the most babies named Rosemarie are New York, Pennsylvania and California, with 52% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 13,109 | #2,366 | 3.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 6,684 | #1,210 | 2.0× |
| California | 4,238 | #1,468 | 1.1× |
| New Jersey | 4,114 | #1,318 | 2.7× |
| Illinois | 3,127 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Massachusetts | 2,617 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Ohio | 2,122 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 1,898 | #1,189 | 0.9× |
| Connecticut | 1,201 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Wisconsin | 1,000 | not ranked | 0.8× |
Where Rosemarie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Rosemarie is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 3.0 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 Rosemarie 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 6 names spelled alike, given to 217,271 babies since 1880, Rosemarie is the second most given (24% of them). In 2025 it was given to 115 of their 1,337 babies (8.6%), again the second most given.
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 Rosemarie
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 Rosemarie and names like it
- Compare Rosemarie and RosemaryBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1930sRosemarie peaked in 1936.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Rosemarie since 1910.
- The top names of 1936The year the most babies were named Rosemarie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Rosemarie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with RMost given first.