Rosie
Rosie was the 283rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 1,088 babies. Its best year was 1910, when it ranked 114th; the most babies were born in 1927 (1,560). Over the last ten years it has moved up 492 places. More babies were named Rosie in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Meaning pet form of Rose · English, Germanic, Latin
Say it ROH-zee /ˈroʊzi/
- Rank in 2025
- #283 girls, up 188 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 1,088girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19271,560 babies
- Total since 1880
- 86,026babies recorded
What does the name Rosie mean?
Rosie is a pet form of Rose and of related names such as Rosemary and Rosalind. Rose looks like the flower name, but DMNES explains that the medieval name came from Germanic hrōd, "fame", and heit, "kind" (Norman Roheis), and that later forms were reshaped by Latin rosa, "rose". Today the name is understood as the flower. Rosie is often given on its own.
hrōd (Old Saxon, “fame”)rosa (Latin, “rose”)
How sure is this? Probable. Medieval Rose was Germanic; the modern name is linked with the flower.
Related names: Rose, Rosemary, Rosa, Rosalie.
See also: Germanic names, names that mean flower.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Rosie', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources (ed. S. L. Uckelman), Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Rose', DMNES, Durham University
- Henry Harrison, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary, vol. 2 (1918), s.v. 'ROSE', Morland Press (public domain; Internet Archive scan)
Rosie popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 470 since 1895.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #283 | 1,088 |
| 2020 | #471 | 652 |
| 2010 | #1,657 | 129 |
| 2000 | #1,741 | 101 |
| 1990 | #1,119 | 157 |
| 1980 | #962 | 154 |
| 1970 | #647 | 255 |
| 1960 | #354 | 745 |
| 1950 | #229 | 1,105 |
| 1940 | #174 | 1,119 |
| 1930 | #153 | 1,345 |
| 1920 | #162 | 1,396 |
| 1910 | #114 | 736 |
| 1900 | #116 | 576 |
| 1890 | #150 | 238 |
| 1880 | #143 | 106 |
How popular is Rosie, counting every spelling?
Rosie is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #285 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #283 for Rosie on its own. Together these spellings went to 1,176 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosie | 1,088 | #283 | 4,298 |
| Rosy | 40 | #3,763 | 206 |
| Rosey | 26 | #5,070 | 108 |
| Rossy | 16 | #7,079 | 81 |
| Rosi | 6 | #14,589 | 39 |
| Rozie | — | — | 32 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Rosie?
1,088 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Rosie (0.30 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Rosie born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 8 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Rosie.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Rosie?
About 35,100 people born in the US named Rosie are alive today, with a median age of 66; half are between 21 and 77. That makes Rosie a name most people associate with older generations. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Rosie by state
How common Rosie was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Utah (4.9×), Idaho (3.2×), Nevada (1.9×), Iowa (1.8×), Washington (1.8×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Dakota.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Rosie: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Rosie, they share its era and feel.
Rosie is also a nickname for Rose, Rosalie, Rosemary, Rosalia, Rosalina, Roselyn, Rosalyn and Rosemarie.
Questions about the name Rosie
What does Rosie mean?
Rosie means “pet form of Rose” (English, Germanic, Latin origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Rosie?
Rosie was the 283rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 1,088 babies. Its best year was 1910, when it ranked 114th; the most babies were born in 1927 (1,560). Over the last ten years it has moved up 492 places. More babies were named Rosie in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Rosie a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Rosie in the US.
Where is Rosie most popular?
In 2021–2025, Rosie was most common in Utah (2.60 per 1,000 girls), followed by Idaho and Montana.