Rosy
Rosy was given to 40 girls in 2025, #3,762 among girls’ names; 2,208 Americans have been recorded with it since 1882 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,680 Americans named Rosy and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (76% of everyone recorded); the median is 20 years old and half are between 10 and 35.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Rosy by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Rosy mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Rosy is “a diminutive of the female given name Rose and other related names, variant of Rosie.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Rosy?
#3,762 among girls’ names, 2025
Rosy fell from #3,121 in 2015 to #3,762 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 30.3 to 24.9 per million.
59 babies in 2018, the peak
Rosy peaked in 2018, when 59 girls were given it, #2,859 among girls’ names. The 40 births of 2025 are 68% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,762 | 24.9 |
| 2024 | 48 | #3,326 | 29.6 |
| 2023 | 35 | #4,170 | 21.8 |
| 2022 | 45 | #3,521 | 27.4 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,922 | 23.2 |
| 2020 | 40 | #3,729 | 24.7 |
| 2019 | 45 | #3,494 | 26.8 |
| 2018 | 59 | #2,859 | 34.7 |
| 2017 | 51 | #3,185 | 29.5 |
| 2016 | 52 | #3,176 | 29.3 |
Every recorded year (127)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 54 | #3,121 | 30.3 |
| 2014 | 45 | #3,532 | 25.2 |
| 2013 | 55 | #3,037 | 31.3 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,940 | 16.5 |
| 2011 | 34 | #4,339 | 19.3 |
| 2010 | 35 | #4,287 | 19.7 |
| 2009 | 33 | #4,553 | 18.0 |
| 2008 | 36 | #4,336 | 19.0 |
| 2007 | 43 | #3,772 | 22.4 |
| 2006 | 36 | #4,145 | 18.9 |
| 2005 | 34 | #4,179 | 18.4 |
| 2004 | 33 | #4,258 | 18.0 |
| 2003 | 29 | #4,505 | 15.9 |
| 2002 | 34 | #3,866 | 18.9 |
| 2001 | 33 | #3,918 | 18.3 |
| 2000 | 37 | #3,575 | 20.4 |
| 1999 | 27 | #4,280 | 15.2 |
| 1998 | 28 | #4,112 | 15.8 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,627 | 13.2 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,471 | 10.3 |
| 1995 | 27 | #3,948 | 15.4 |
| 1994 | 36 | #3,207 | 20.2 |
| 1993 | 27 | #3,961 | 14.9 |
| 1992 | 23 | #4,487 | 12.5 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,597 | 9.1 |
| 1990 | 25 | #4,088 | 13.2 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,632 | 10.8 |
| 1988 | 13 | #6,177 | 7.3 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,543 | 8.1 |
| 1986 | 15 | #5,131 | 8.7 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,584 | 7.6 |
| 1984 | 14 | #5,152 | 8.3 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,593 | 6.0 |
| 1982 | 11 | #6,264 | 6.5 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,906 | 9.0 |
| 1980 | 14 | #5,173 | 8.4 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,901 | 3.7 |
| 1978 | 10 | #6,292 | 6.5 |
| 1977 | 8 | #7,395 | 5.2 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,500 | 7.5 |
| 1973 | 7 | #7,252 | 4.8 |
| 1971 | 7 | #7,188 | 4.2 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,202 | 8.0 |
| 1969 | 5 | #8,408 | 3.0 |
| 1967 | 5 | #7,611 | 3.0 |
| 1966 | 6 | #6,417 | 3.5 |
| 1965 | 11 | #4,146 | 6.2 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,923 | 4.7 |
| 1963 | 5 | #7,417 | 2.6 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,962 | 6.1 |
| 1961 | 14 | #3,571 | 6.9 |
| 1960 | 18 | #2,970 | 8.9 |
| 1959 | 11 | #3,986 | 5.4 |
| 1958 | 12 | #3,708 | 6.0 |
| 1957 | 15 | #3,123 | 7.3 |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,862 | 5.5 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,666 | 4.1 |
| 1954 | 5 | #6,462 | 2.6 |
| 1953 | 14 | #3,071 | 7.4 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,305 | 4.4 |
| 1950 | 11 | #3,385 | 6.4 |
| 1949 | 8 | #4,172 | 4.7 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,558 | 4.1 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,933 | 5.1 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,476 | 4.5 |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,676 | 5.9 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,204 | 7.4 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,456 | 7.0 |
| 1939 | 9 | #3,105 | 8.2 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,790 | 6.3 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,811 | 4.7 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,707 | 10.5 |
| 1933 | 9 | #3,073 | 8.9 |
| 1932 | 9 | #3,237 | 8.4 |
| 1931 | 9 | #3,175 | 8.5 |
| 1930 | 10 | #3,017 | 8.9 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,890 | 9.9 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,626 | 5.2 |
| 1927 | 19 | #2,087 | 15.9 |
| 1926 | 25 | #1,711 | 21.1 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,750 | 10.7 |
| 1924 | 18 | #2,195 | 14.4 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,884 | 9.9 |
| 1922 | 11 | #3,120 | 9.2 |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,359 | 8.1 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,550 | 7.5 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,366 | 13.3 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,490 | 12.1 |
| 1917 | 19 | #1,908 | 17.6 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,470 | 12.4 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,863 | 10.2 |
| 1914 | 5 | #4,095 | 6.6 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,616 | 8.0 |
| 1912 | 5 | #3,354 | 9.0 |
| 1910 | 7 | #2,107 | 17.7 |
| 1909 | 6 | #2,180 | 17.3 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,657 | 23.9 |
| 1907 | 12 | #1,201 | 37.7 |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,536 | 27.1 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,669 | 24.0 |
| 1903 | 10 | #1,194 | 38.2 |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,420 | 30.3 |
| 1900 | 5 | #2,182 | 16.7 |
| 1899 | 8 | #1,269 | 34.3 |
| 1898 | 8 | #1,360 | 30.9 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,758 | 21.3 |
| 1896 | 8 | #1,284 | 33.6 |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,219 | 35.9 |
| 1892 | 7 | #1,252 | 33.0 |
| 1891 | 8 | #1,079 | 43.1 |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,182 | 36.8 |
| 1889 | 9 | #942 | 50.5 |
| 1888 | 8 | #1,022 | 44.8 |
| 1887 | 9 | #844 | 61.7 |
| 1886 | 9 | #817 | 62.3 |
| 1884 | 7 | #914 | 54.3 |
| 1882 | 7 | #801 | 64.9 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Rosy a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Rosy has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 127 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Rosy: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Rosy, and how old are they?
1,680 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 76% of the 2,208 Americans ever recorded as Rosy. The median Rosy alive today is 20 years old; half are between 10 and 35.
The 2020 Census counted 3,693 people named Rosy (3,681 women and girls, 12 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,492 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.5 times 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 | 29 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 139 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 97 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 290 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 518 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 603 |
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 Rosy born?
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 5 | #2,425 | 0.2× |
Where Rosy is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Rosy is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 1.7 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 Rosy 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 8 names spelled alike, given to 777,501 babies since 1880, Rosy is the sixth most given (<1% of them). In 2025 it was given to 40 of their 3,997 babies (1.0%), the fourth most given that year.
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 Rosy
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 Rosy and names like it
- Compare Rosy and RoseBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sRosy peaked in 2018.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Rosy since 1910.
- The top names of 2018The year the most babies were named Rosy.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Rosy alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with RMost given first.