Rosie
Feminine · “Little Rose”
Rosie is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 85,556 girls against 470 boys since 1880.
Rosie is the affectionate form of Rose, worn so long and so widely that it has become a name in its own right on birth certificates in the US, England and Scotland alike. It carries the wartime poster and the 1942 song "Rosie the Riveter" behind it, and before that centuries of Roses in parish registers. Two syllables, both open, ending on the same bright -ie that Maggie and Josie share.
How old is the name Rosie?
Rosie was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Rosie alive today was born around 1939, making them about 86 years old. About 37,500 people named Rosie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Rosie most popular?
Rosie peaked in 1910, reaching #114 nationally. Today it ranks #283, 169 places below that high. See the whole 1910 chart.
Where it comes from
From Hrodohaidis to Rosie
The story of Rosie
Rose arrived in England with the Normans, recorded as Roese and Rohese, and by the later Middle Ages had been reshaped by the flower it sounded like. The -ie diminutive is an old and productive English habit, and Rosie appears alongside Rose in records well before it began charting on its own in the United States. Its independent life was helped enormously by the Second World War: the 1942 song "Rosie the Riveter" and the poster campaign that followed fixed the short form in American public memory. It has been used continuously since American records began, dipping and returning, and it charts today in Scotland and in England and Wales as well.
Meaningscholars disagree
Little Rose — either the flower, or the older Germanic name behind it
Rose is usually read as the Latin rosa, the flower, and that reading is the living one. But the name reached England with the Normans as Roese or Rohese, from a Germanic compound built on hrod, 'fame'. The flower spelling later absorbed it entirely. Both roads are real; the flower is the one everyone means today.
How the name formed
- Hrodohaidis
- Roese / Rohese
- Rose
- Rosie
Related forms: Rose · Rosa · Rosa · Rosalie · Róża · Rózsa
Pronouncing Rosie
ROH-zee
A voiced z in the middle, not an s. Said the same way in American and British English; the Spanish and Italian relatives shift the stress and the vowel.
Nicknames for Rosie
High
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 19271,560 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #114reached in 1910
- Change vs 2022
- +45.6%1,088 in 2025, from 747
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.
Rosie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Rose in English — related form
- Rosa in Spanish — related form
- Rosa in Italian — related form
- Rosalie in French — related form
- Róża in Polish — related form
- Rózsa in Hungarian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Utah. International figures from National Records of Scotland, Office for National Statistics. Sources
Rosies among us
people named Rosie are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 1,477 born in 2025 was named Rosie
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Rosie is on its second act. Revived names age gently: the generation that wore them first is far enough away that the name feels classic rather than dated.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Rosie is headed
Rosie looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 25% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
High 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.
Rosie beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Rosie in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Spelled the way it sounds and needing no explanation in most English-speaking countries — it also charts in Scotland and in England and Wales.
- Comes with a ready-made formal option: Rose on paperwork, Rosie every day, or the reverse.
- In continuous use since American records began, so it is familiar to every generation without being everywhere in any one classroom.
- Has close relatives in Spanish, Italian, Polish and French, which travels well in a mixed-language family.
- It reads as a nickname to some ears, and Rosie may spend a lifetime being asked whether it is short for Rose, Rosemary or Rosalind. Naming her Rosie outright is a settled choice — just one you will explain occasionally.
- Rosy and Rosey exist as spellings, and rosy is an ordinary English adjective, so expect the odd autocorrect or misspelling.
- The Rosie the Riveter association is strong in the United States and unlikely to fade. Most people mean it kindly, but it will come up.
- It sits among older Americans in real numbers while returning among the very young, so she may share the name with a great-aunt more often than with a classmate.
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Rosie
Feminine · #283 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Rosies are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 37,500 people named Rosie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Rosie in 2025?
- Rosie ranks #283 among US girl names in 2025, with 1,088 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Rosie?
- About 1 in every 1,477 US girls born in 2025 was named Rosie — 1,088 in all.
- Will my child share the name Rosie with classmates?
- Rosie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Rosie
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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