# Rosamond (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rosamond/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,294 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6 / 3,288 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 6 | 10,337 |
| 1989 | 5 | 13,990 |
| 1990 | 6 | 12,556 |
| 1992 | 5 | 15,016 |
| 1994 | 6 | 13,050 |
| 1996 | 6 | 13,105 |
| 1998 | 5 | 16,047 |
| 1999 | 5 | 16,345 |
| 2003 | 6 | 15,360 |
| 2004 | 5 | 18,230 |
| 2006 | 6 | 16,704 |
| 2007 | 5 | 19,923 |
| 2016 | 5 | 18,336 |
| 2019 | 11 | 9,624 |
| 2025 | 5 | 16,781 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1927 | 6 | 4,126 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 | 3,824 |

## People named Rosamond

- Rosamond McKitterick, British historian
- Rosamond Lehmann, English writer (1901–1990)
- Rosamond Pinchot, American socialite and actress (1904-1938)
- J. Rosamond Johnson, American classical composer (1873–1954)

## 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.