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Rosaleigh

Feminine · “rose”

1994high 2019
#2859 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare59 girls in 2025

Rosaleigh is a compound with two very different halves. Rosa is Latin and about a flower, or possibly not. Leigh is Old English and about a clearing in a wood. They have never met before the last few decades.

How old is the name Rosaleigh?

Rosaleigh first appears in US birth records in 1994 — 31 years ago. The typical Rosaleigh is a kid of about 6 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,000 people named Rosaleigh are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Rosaleigh most popular?

Rosaleigh peaked in 2019, reaching #1833 nationally. Today it ranks #2859, 1,026 places below that high. See the whole 2019 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Rosaleigh

Rose entered English through Norman French as a personal name whose flower meaning was probably a reinterpretation of a Germanic compound — medieval namers were as fond of a good folk etymology as anyone. The flower reading stuck and gave Rosa, Rosalie, Rosanna and a large family besides. Leigh came from the other end of English entirely, as a place-name element and then a surname. Rosaleigh joins the two in the current American habit of building compound girls' names from an old first half and an -leigh ending.

Meaningscholars disagree

rose, and a woodland clearing

The second half is straightforward: -leigh is Old English leah, a clearing, and it is documented across hundreds of English place-names. The first half is not. Rosa is the Latin for a rose and that is the reading most people assume; but the medieval name Rosa may come instead from Germanic hros, 'horse', or hrod, 'fame', with the flower attached later by association. Both lines are old and neither has won.

How the name formed

  1. rosa
  2. Rosa
  3. Rosaleigh

Related forms: Rosalee · Rosalie · Rosalia

Pronouncing Rosaleigh

ROH-zuh-lee

Three syllables, stress on the first. The -leigh is said simply as 'lee'; the gh is silent and has been for centuries, which is why Rosalee exists alongside it.

Nicknames for Rosaleigh

Moderate

RosaThe front of the name, and a complete name in its own right across Europe
RoseThe English form of the first half, with a very long record of its own
LeighThe back of the name, and a full name of its own for both sexes
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1994–20251115601115919942025

US babies named Rosaleigh per year from 1994 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#18331990s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1994
Most girls named
2019111 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1833reached in 2019
Change vs 2024
+3.5%59 in 2025, from 57
Rosaleigh sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2019, with 111 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Rosaleigh in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Rosalee in English — spelling variant
  • Rosalie in English — related form
  • Rosalia in Italian — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Ohio, Georgia.

Rosaleighs among us

1,000

people named Rosaleigh are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 27,242 born in 2025 was named Rosaleigh

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

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Is it right for you

The Brooks test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Rosaleigh's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Brooks climbed just as high around 1980, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Brooks's path sketches the road Rosaleigh is walking now.

40%chance Rosaleigh will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Rosaleigh, aligned on its peakBrooks· peak 1980not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+40 yrsBrooks · #2511Rosaleigh today
Rosaleigh today is about where Brooks stood in 1986 — 6 years past a #1833-sized peak. By 2001, Brooks had settled around #9395.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Rosaleigh sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Rosaleigh is headed

19942030

US babies named Rosaleigh per year, 1994 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Rosaleigh is easing off slowly — about 19% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.

Cooling-19% by 2030projected around #3,347 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Rosaleigh beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Rosaleigh in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Rosaleighthis name59#2859Emilly59#2859Pyper59#2859Amarie59#2859Luci59#2859

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • Both halves are real name elements with documented histories.
  • Rosa, Rose and Leigh are three ready short forms and all three stand alone.
  • Three syllables with a light ending, which pairs well with most surnames.
What to consider
  • Rosaleigh, Rosalee, Rosalie and Rosaly are all in use and none of them is standard.
  • The -leigh spelling adds three letters that change nothing you can hear.
  • Rosalie is far more established and this name will be corrected to it.

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Frequently asked

How many Rosaleighs are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,000 people named Rosaleigh are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How popular is the name Rosaleigh in 2025?
Rosaleigh ranks #2859 among US girl names in 2025, with 59 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Rosaleigh?
About 1 in every 27,242 US girls born in 2025 was named Rosaleigh — 59 in all.
Will my child share the name Rosaleigh with classmates?
Rosaleigh will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Rosaleigh

Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.

Emilly#2859 · Pyper#2859 · Amarie#2859 · Luci#2859 · Issa#2859 · Azaliah#2859 · Malinda#2859 · Kyah#2859

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