# Rosie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rosie/  
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 | /ˈɹoʊziː/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Rosy, Rosey |
| US babies named this | 86,026 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 470 / 85,556 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 36,895, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Diminutives + -ie.

## 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 | 135 | 1,609 |
| 2012 | 225 | 1,104 |
| 2013 | 300 | 863 |
| 2014 | 327 | 846 |
| 2015 | 365 | 775 |
| 2016 | 396 | 721 |
| 2017 | 433 | 679 |
| 2018 | 486 | 619 |
| 2019 | 545 | 564 |
| 2020 | 652 | 471 |
| 2021 | 686 | 457 |
| 2022 | 747 | 424 |
| 2023 | 785 | 392 |
| 2024 | 992 | 310 |
| 2025 | 1,088 | 283 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1941 | 14 | 1,981 |
| 1942 | 13 | 2,130 |
| 1943 | 15 | 1,980 |
| 1944 | 8 | 2,828 |
| 1945 | 6 | 3,271 |
| 1946 | 9 | 2,666 |
| 1948 | 7 | 3,270 |
| 1950 | 9 | 2,736 |
| 1953 | 7 | 3,381 |
| 1956 | 5 | 4,375 |
| 1957 | 8 | 3,208 |
| 1958 | 5 | 4,412 |
| 1960 | 9 | 3,037 |
| 1962 | 7 | 3,576 |
| 1963 | 6 | 3,968 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,124 | 55 |
| 2012 | 1,263 | 48 |
| 2013 | 1,369 | 38 |
| 2014 | 1,475 | 33 |
| 2015 | 1,403 | 36 |
| 2016 | 1,403 | 36 |
| 2017 | 1,388 | 35 |
| 2018 | 1,808 | 26 |
| 2019 | 2,036 | 14 |
| 2020 | 2,035 | 9 |
| 2021 | 2,028 | 11 |
| 2022 | 1,686 | 16 |
| 2023 | 1,508 | 21 |
| 2024 | 1,406 | 24 |
| 2025 | 1,343 | 24 |

## People named Rosie

- Rosie O'Donnell, American comedian, producer, actress, and television personality
- Rosie Perez, American actress
- Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight, American Wikipedia editor, focused on closing its gender gap; Knight of Serbia
- Rosie Malek-Yonan, Assyrian actress, author, director, public figure and human rights activist
- Rosie MacLennan, Canadian trampoline gymnast
- Rosie Day, British actress
- Rosie Brennan, American cross-country skier
- Rosie Ruiz, American sports impostor (1953–2019)
- Rosie Flores, American rockabilly and country music artist
- Rosie Duffield, British politician
- Rosie Alfaro, American murderer currently on California's death row
- Rosie Winterton, British politician (born 1958)

## 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.