NameTides

Rosie

Rosie was the #283 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,088 babies), and #24 in England & Wales and #179 in Canada.

Rosie as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Rosie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Rosie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear 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 IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#283 (1,088)#24 (1,343)#10 (177)#14 (69)#23 (145)#179 (161)#84 (85)#68 (93)
2024#310 (992)#24 (1,406)#16 (167)#22 (59)#31 (131)#172 (162)#71 (101)#75 (80)
2023#392 (785)#21 (1,508)#17 (155)#24 (62)#54 (98)#214 (131)#75 (84)#75 (71)
2022#423 (747)#16 (1,686)#20 (154)#27 (59)#49 (111)#209 (136)#84 (82)#82 (72)
2021#456 (686)#11 (2,028)#14 (190)#21 (76)#50 (118)#171 (170)——
2020#469 (652)#9 (2,035)#16 (171)#32 (54)#52 (103)#200 (143)—#62 (95)
2019#563 (545)#14 (2,036)#19 (178)#28 (67)#58 (99)#194 (149)#91 (79)—
2018#618 (486)#26 (1,808)#26 (150)#33 (64)#65 (98)#287 (114)——
2017#678 (433)#35 (1,388)#40 (119)#71 (33)#91 (64)#347 (95)——
2016#719 (396)#36 (1,403)#41 (111)#68 (37)#87 (68)#441 (77)——
2015#775 (365)#36 (1,403)#35 (134)#75 (34)#91 (69)#595 (50)——
2014#844 (327)#33 (1,475)#50 (102)#89 (26)#106 (58)#515 (61)——
2013#860 (300)#38 (1,369)#56 (98)#67 (35)#119 (51)#581 (51)——
2012#1,096 (225)#48 (1,263)#62 (85)#89 (28)#157 (37)#552 (54)——
2011#1,598 (135)#55 (1,124)#73 (72)#106 (23)#199 (29)#730 (38)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1900 at #116.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,500 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 1,500uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 190very common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 100very common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 110very common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 150very common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 930common

Next year

On its recent trend, Rosie is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,300 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,200 to 1 in 1,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Rosie by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #116MEWisconsin: #274WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #246WAIdaho: #142IDMontana: #168MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #212MNIllinois: #312ILMichigan: #293MINew York: #267NYMassachusetts: #223MAOregon: #273ORNevada: #165NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #226IAIndiana: #317INOhio: #192OHPennsylvania: #294PANew Jersey: #263NJConnecticut: #280CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #284CAUtah: #102UTColorado: #270CONebraska: #223NEMissouri: #311MOKentucky: #185KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #433VAMaryland: #327MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #219AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #233KSArkansas: #270ARTennessee: #181TNNorth Carolina: #381NCSouth Carolina: #219SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #312OKLouisiana: #195LAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: #348ALGeorgia: #305GAHawaii: #136HITexas: #530TXFlorida: #435FL
Rosie (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
Quebec2025#16734
Ontario2024#27346

Rosie (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
RosieCanadaGirls#179161
RosieEngland & WalesGirls#241,343
Rosie-England & WalesGirls—too few
RosieIrelandGirls#23145
RosieNorthern IrelandGirls#1469
RosieNSWGirls#8485
RosieScotlandGirls#10177
RosieUSGirls#2831,088
RosieUSBoys—too few
RosieVICGirls#6893