Girls' name · since 1880
Rosie
85,556 babies named Rosie in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1927. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #417 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #283 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 85,556
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Yes -- Rosie is the #283 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 85,556 recorded since 1880.
Rosie has 85,556 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #283 as of the latest data, more common than 98% of girls, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #417 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #283 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 85,556 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rosie ranks #417 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #283 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 85,556 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #417 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #283 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 85,556
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Rosie's 85,556 recorded births place it above 99.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
48 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Mississippi.
How Rosie compares
85,556 Top 3% higher than 97% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Rosie's all-time total is 228x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rosie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 85,556 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,560 | 21 | 19,840 |
Rosie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rosie's full recorded timeline at 1953, 30% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 70% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1881, with just 85 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1927 peak of 1,560 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rosie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1927)
- 1,560
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Rosie popularity over time - boys
470 total births recorded since 1895 (Rosie as boys' name)
Rosie by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (14,290 births, 17% of the file).
1920s was Rosie's strongest decade.
14,290 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 17% of all-time use.
Rosie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 1,485
1880s
1,485 births
- 1890s 2,918
1890s
2,918 births
- 1900s 4,828
1900s
4,828 births
- 1910s
1910s
9,565 births
- 1920s
1920s
14,290 births
- 1930s
1930s
12,060 births
- 1940s
1940s
11,403 births
- 1950s
1950s
10,012 births
- 1960s 4,920
1960s
4,920 births
- 1970s 1,961
1970s
1,961 births
- 1980s 1,324
1980s
1,324 births
- 1990s 1,290
1990s
1,290 births
- 2000s 1,209
2000s
1,209 births
- 2010s 3,341
2010s
3,341 births
- 2020s 4,950
2020s
4,950 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 14,290 births (17% of all-time use).
How Rosie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Rosie's total volume
Rosie by state
Where Rosie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mississippi | | 11,150 | 13.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 9,406 | 11.0% |
| #3 | California | | 7,130 | 8.3% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 6,577 | 7.7% |
| #5 | Arkansas | | 4,064 | 4.8% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 3,935 | 4.6% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 3,085 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 3,037 | 3.5% |
11,150 of 85,556 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 48 reporting states.
Rosie appears in 48 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Rosie's data
- Rosie's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (14,290 total births) through the 2020s (4,950) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Mississippi records the most Rosies (11,150 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Mississippi names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Rosie
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Rosie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1927)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Rosie 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.