Rosie

Boy · recorded 1895–1963

  • 1963last recorded
  • 1895best year

Most popular in 1895.

Last recorded in 1963. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Rosie.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1895

0224318951912192919461963

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 45 recorded years as a table
Rosie, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189543
190734
191316
191417
191520
19166
19176
191813
19196
19207
19218
19225
192313
19246
19257
192613
192719
192812
192920
193011
193110
193215
193312
193415
193516
193615
19378
19386
193910
194018
194111
19429
194311
19446
19454
19466
19484
19505
19534
19562
19574
19582
19604
19623
19633

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Rosie isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1963
6
Rank in 1963
#3,646
How rare
1 in 338,513 boys
Since 1895
470

Rosie was last recorded in 1963. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1895, at 43 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Rosie doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.