# Rosalie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rosalie/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | “rose” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 84,145 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 96 / 84,049 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,433, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From French Rosalie, from the Latin saints’ name Rosālia, from rosa (“rose”). Doublet of Rosalia.

## What it means

Rosalie is grouped under rose.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 535 | 546 |
| 2012 | 771 | 405 |
| 2013 | 937 | 347 |
| 2014 | 1,060 | 312 |
| 2015 | 1,194 | 266 |
| 2016 | 1,252 | 252 |
| 2017 | 1,351 | 236 |
| 2018 | 1,470 | 209 |
| 2019 | 1,467 | 209 |
| 2020 | 1,473 | 198 |
| 2021 | 1,595 | 185 |
| 2022 | 1,692 | 176 |
| 2023 | 1,645 | 182 |
| 2024 | 1,705 | 177 |
| 2025 | 1,797 | 171 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1918 | 5 | 4,693 |
| 1928 | 6 | 4,074 |
| 1929 | 6 | 3,887 |
| 1931 | 5 | 4,232 |
| 1934 | 6 | 3,607 |
| 1935 | 5 | 4,066 |
| 1936 | 5 | 3,972 |
| 1937 | 10 | 2,451 |
| 1938 | 12 | 2,162 |
| 1939 | 7 | 3,062 |
| 1940 | 11 | 2,295 |
| 1942 | 7 | 3,169 |
| 1943 | 6 | 3,494 |
| 1957 | 5 | 4,455 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 62 | 645 |
| 2012 | 81 | 522 |
| 2013 | 108 | 394 |
| 2014 | 101 | 432 |
| 2015 | 140 | 334 |
| 2016 | 136 | 352 |
| 2017 | 167 | 294 |
| 2018 | 162 | 292 |
| 2019 | 160 | 301 |
| 2020 | 147 | 313 |
| 2021 | 166 | 285 |
| 2022 | 151 | 297 |
| 2023 | 161 | 279 |
| 2024 | 176 | 270 |
| 2025 | 178 | 261 |

## In other languages

- French: Rosalie
- Italian: Rosalia
- Polish: Rozalia
- Romanian: Rozalia
- Russian: Розалия
- Spanish: Rosalía
- Ukrainian: Розалія

## People named Rosalie

- Rosalie Filleul, French painter (1752-1794)
- Rosalie Abella, Canadian jurist
- Rosalie Crutchley, British actress (1920–1997)
- Rosalie Duthé, French courtesan
- Rosalie Slaughter Morton, American physician (1876–1968)
- Rosalie Gangué, Chadian athlete (* 1975)
- Rosalie Varda, French costume designer
- Rosalie Thomass, German actress (born 1987)
- Rosalie von Rauch, German countess (1820–1879)
- Rosalie Rendu, Beatified French Daughter of Charity (1786-1856)
- Rosalie Craig, British actress
- Rosalie Gardiner Jones, American suffrage advocate

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.