Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Rosemary

#250 most common girls' name of all time · #463 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1882–2025

Rank among girls
#250
Rank overall
#463 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
144 of 146
All-time
163,523
Since 2016
8,591
Peak year
1947 #80
Best rank
#74 1946
Girls Boys peak 4,542/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Rosemary first appears in 1882. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 1,222 — 1,222 #251
2024 1,048 — 1,048 #301
2023 995 — 995 #310
2022 873 — 873 #364
2021 846 — 846 #363
2020 698 — 698 #442
2019 771 — 771 #403
2018 699 — 699 #453
2017 699 — 699 #454
2016 740 — 740 #436
2015 607 — 607 #517
2014 537 — 537 #570
2013 563 — 563 #531
2012 479 — 479 #600
2011 439 — 439 #651
2010 396 — 396 #712
2009 404 — 404 #716
2008 398 — 398 #746
2007 406 — 406 #721
2006 411 — 411 #686
2005 362 — 362 #745
2004 376 — 376 #712
2003 403 — 403 #659
2002 403 — 403 #632
2001 401 — 401 #624
2000 397 — 397 #631
1999 375 — 375 #629
1998 395 — 395 #608
1997 339 — 339 #651
1996 421 — 421 #554
1995 403 — 403 #570
1994 402 — 402 #572
1993 395 — 395 #595
1992 420 — 420 #560
1991 429 — 429 #550
1990 472 5 477 #510
1989 466 8 474 #504
1988 431 — 431 #510
1987 455 — 455 #477
1986 473 — 473 #455
1985 512 — 512 #431
1984 490 — 490 #429
1983 489 5 494 #433
1982 532 — 532 #420
1981 565 8 573 #401
1980 576 — 576 #395
1979 489 — 489 #427
1978 453 — 453 #442
1977 460 6 466 #445
1976 497 — 497 #405
1975 534 — 534 #384
1974 624 — 624 #348
1973 609 — 609 #349
1972 617 — 617 #357
1971 743 6 749 #341
1970 797 — 797 #331
1969 794 7 801 #322
1968 876 6 882 #296
1967 914 6 920 #281
1966 1,122 — 1,122 #254
1965 1,276 8 1,284 #241
1964 1,629 7 1,636 #214
1963 1,729 5 1,734 #205
1962 1,939 9 1,948 #195
1961 2,133 — 2,133 #181
1960 2,192 — 2,192 #181
1959 2,230 6 2,236 #173
1958 2,223 — 2,223 #171
1957 2,275 7 2,282 #168
1956 2,066 7 2,073 #175
1955 2,015 5 2,020 #171
1954 2,192 9 2,201 #160
1953 2,432 — 2,432 #147
1952 2,787 — 2,787 #130
1951 3,345 7 3,352 #109
1950 3,455 7 3,462 #101
1949 3,633 7 3,640 #98
1948 3,870 11 3,881 #90
1947 4,542 — 4,542 #80
1946 4,486 8 4,494 #74
1945 3,500 5 3,505 #79
1944 2,744 12 2,756 #99
1943 2,966 12 2,978 #97
1942 3,005 11 3,016 #92
1941 2,677 9 2,686 #94
1940 2,874 10 2,884 #85
1939 2,612 7 2,619 #93
1938 2,681 11 2,692 #95
1937 2,307 11 2,318 #110
1936 2,148 8 2,156 #111
1935 2,394 7 2,401 #97
1934 2,132 8 2,140 #111
1933 2,227 8 2,235 #102
1932 2,483 10 2,493 #100
1931 2,722 14 2,736 #88
1930 3,151 — 3,151 #82
1929 3,107 14 3,121 #80
1928 2,972 8 2,980 #88
1927 3,153 12 3,165 #86
1926 2,900 6 2,906 #95
1925 2,755 5 2,760 #103
1924 2,734 5 2,739 #106
1923 2,427 5 2,432 #110
1922 2,170 — 2,170 #120
1921 2,034 — 2,034 #128
1920 1,713 — 1,713 #141
1919 1,330 — 1,330 #166
1918 1,259 — 1,259 #171
1917 1,124 — 1,124 #176
1916 996 — 996 #184
1915 820 — 820 #201
1914 563 — 563 #225
1913 388 — 388 #246
1912 298 — 298 #259
1911 160 — 160 #312
1910 141 — 141 #329
1909 123 — 123 #328
1908 91 — 91 #378
1907 87 — 87 #382
1906 61 — 61 #441
1905 64 — 64 #425
1904 54 — 54 #443
1903 48 — 48 #466
1902 37 — 37 #534
1901 29 — 29 #586
1900 40 — 40 #542
1899 23 — 23 #658
1898 29 — 29 #606
1897 29 — 29 #564
1896 18 — 18 #782
1895 23 — 23 #654
1894 12 — 12 #933
1893 23 — 23 #609
1892 16 — 16 #755
1891 11 — 11 #868
1890 16 — 16 #689
1889 14 — 14 #714
1888 8 — 8 #1,004
1887 11 — 11 #722
1886 11 — 11 #725
1885 5 — 5 #1,108
1884 7 — 7 #898
1883 8 — 8 #740
1882 9 — 9 #677