NameTides

Rosemary

Rosemary was the #251 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,222 babies), and #490 in England & Wales and #408 in Canada.

Rosemary as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Rosemary as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & WalesIrelandScotland
Rosemary as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#251 (1,222)#490 (81)#780 (3)—#544 (6)#408 (76)—
2024#301 (1,048)#483 (83)#351 (9)—#504 (7)#442 (68)—
2023#310 (995)#485 (82)#630 (4)—#625 (5)#586 (49)—
2022#364 (873)#457 (92)——#634 (5)#538 (53)—
2021#363 (846)#616 (63)——#586 (6)#799 (36)—
2020#442 (698)#463 (87)#399 (8)—#834 (3)#623 (46)—
2019#402 (771)#570 (71)#650 (4)—#457 (8)#603 (51)—
2018#452 (699)#596 (69)#502 (6)——#564 (55)—
2017#453 (699)#728 (56)#808 (3)—#579 (6)#614 (49)—
2016#436 (740)#684 (60)#585 (5)—#585 (6)#750 (38)—
2015#517 (607)#686 (59)——#896 (3)#627 (47)—
2014#570 (537)#625 (65)#477 (7)—#661 (5)#629 (48)—
2013#531 (563)#750 (52)——#587 (6)#739 (38)—
2012#600 (479)#712 (57)#815 (3)—#677 (5)#1,055 (24)—
2011#651 (439)#749 (50)#810 (3)—#798 (4)#1,021 (25)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1946 at #74.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1882.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,300 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,100uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 3,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Rosemary is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,100 to 1 in 1,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Rosemary by state, 2025Alaska: #70AKMaine: #153MEWisconsin: #179WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #149NHWashington: #231WAIdaho: #221IDMontana: #168MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #150MNIllinois: #312ILMichigan: #215MINew York: #411NYMassachusetts: #235MAOregon: #207ORNevada: #433NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #139SDIowa: #258IAIndiana: #182INOhio: #210OHPennsylvania: #277PANew Jersey: #535NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #358CAUtah: #172UTColorado: #209CONebraska: #169NEMissouri: #175MOKentucky: #172KYWest Virginia: #308WVVirginia: #169VAMaryland: #283MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #330AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #256KSArkansas: #198ARTennessee: #155TNNorth Carolina: #204NCSouth Carolina: #347SCDistrict of Columbia: #119DCOklahoma: #225OKLouisiana: #224LAMississippi: #270MSAlabama: #146ALGeorgia: #323GAHawaii: #136HITexas: #312TXFlorida: #397FL
Rosemary (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#46227
Quebec2025#7745

Rosemary (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RosemaryCanadaGirls#40876
RosemaryEngland & WalesGirls#49081
RosemaryIrelandGirls#5446
RosemaryNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
RosemaryNSWGirls—too few
RosemaryScotlandGirls#7803
RosemaryUSGirls#2511,222
RosemaryUSBoys—too few