Girls' name · since 1917
Rosemay
16 babies named Rosemay in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1928. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #49,140 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1917
- 1920s
- peak decade
Rosemay is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 16 have been recorded since 1917.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rosemay has been recorded 16 times among girls since 1917, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 1928.
- #49,140 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 16 born since 1917
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rosemay ranks #49,140 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1917, peaking in the 1920s.
- #49,140 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1917
- 1920s
- peak decade
Rosemay's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rosemay's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rosemay splits its recorded history at 1927: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1917 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1928 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rosemay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–1928
- Peak year (1928)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Rosemay by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (11 births, 69% of the file).
1920s was Rosemay's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Rosemay births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 11 births (69% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rosemay: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1928)
Similar record span (~11 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1917–1928 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Rosemay draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.