Rosemary is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #536 for girl births in the United States, given to 1,222 babies. Rosemary first appears in the data in 1882 and reached its peak in 1947 (4,542 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,222 | #536 |
| 2024 | 1,048 | #642 |
| 2023 | 995 | #655 |
| 2022 | 873 | #742 |
| 2021 | 846 | #757 |
| 2020 | 698 | #875 |
| 2019 | 771 | #814 |
| 2018 | 699 | #889 |
| 2017 | 699 | #897 |
| 2016 | 740 | #858 |
| 2015 | 607 | #1,001 |
| 2014 | 537 | #1,089 |
| 2013 | 563 | #1,018 |
| 2012 | 479 | #1,144 |
| 2011 | 439 | #1,217 |
| 2010 | 396 | #1,329 |
| 2009 | 404 | #1,336 |
| 2008 | 398 | #1,358 |
| 2007 | 406 | #1,321 |
| 2006 | 411 | #1,273 |
| 2005 | 362 | #1,350 |
| 2004 | 376 | #1,291 |
| 2003 | 403 | #1,214 |
| 2002 | 403 | #1,175 |
| 2001 | 401 | #1,156 |
| 2000 | 397 | #1,163 |
| 1999 | 375 | #1,148 |
| 1998 | 395 | #1,121 |
| 1997 | 339 | #1,193 |
| 1996 | 421 | #1,036 |
| 1995 | 403 | #1,066 |
| 1994 | 402 | #1,069 |
| 1993 | 395 | #1,098 |
| 1992 | 420 | #1,042 |
| 1991 | 429 | #1,023 |
| 1990 | 477 | #960 |
| 1989 | 474 | #934 |
| 1988 | 431 | #950 |
| 1987 | 455 | #890 |
| 1986 | 473 | #843 |
| 1985 | 512 | #790 |
| 1984 | 490 | #789 |
| 1983 | 494 | #787 |
| 1982 | 532 | #767 |
| 1981 | 573 | #723 |
| 1980 | 576 | #723 |
| 1979 | 489 | #782 |
| 1978 | 453 | #801 |
| 1977 | 466 | #799 |
| 1976 | 497 | #742 |
| 1975 | 534 | #706 |
| 1974 | 624 | #643 |
| 1973 | 609 | #638 |
| 1972 | 617 | #655 |
| 1971 | 749 | #614 |
| 1970 | 797 | #594 |
| 1969 | 801 | #578 |
| 1968 | 882 | #535 |
| 1967 | 920 | #511 |
| 1966 | 1,122 | #460 |
| 1965 | 1,284 | #436 |
| 1964 | 1,636 | #382 |
| 1963 | 1,734 | #377 |
| 1962 | 1,948 | #358 |
| 1961 | 2,133 | #337 |
| 1960 | 2,192 | #338 |
| 1959 | 2,236 | #330 |
| 1958 | 2,223 | #324 |
| 1957 | 2,282 | #323 |
| 1956 | 2,073 | #328 |
| 1955 | 2,020 | #320 |
| 1954 | 2,201 | #300 |
| 1953 | 2,432 | #275 |
| 1952 | 2,787 | #245 |
| 1951 | 3,352 | #208 |
| 1950 | 3,462 | #195 |
| 1949 | 3,640 | #192 |
| 1948 | 3,881 | #177 |
| 1947 | 4,542 | #161 |
| 1946 | 4,494 | #146 |
| 1945 | 3,505 | #155 |
| 1944 | 2,756 | #195 |
| 1943 | 2,978 | #188 |
| 1942 | 3,016 | #183 |
| 1941 | 2,686 | #180 |
| 1940 | 2,884 | #164 |
| 1939 | 2,619 | #177 |
| 1938 | 2,692 | #176 |
| 1937 | 2,318 | #201 |
| 1936 | 2,156 | #204 |
| 1935 | 2,401 | #184 |
| 1934 | 2,140 | #206 |
| 1933 | 2,235 | #187 |
| 1932 | 2,493 | #180 |
| 1931 | 2,736 | #156 |
| 1930 | 3,151 | #142 |
| 1929 | 3,121 | #139 |
| 1928 | 2,980 | #156 |
| 1927 | 3,165 | #148 |
| 1926 | 2,906 | #163 |
| 1925 | 2,760 | #179 |
| 1924 | 2,739 | #181 |
| 1923 | 2,432 | #192 |
| 1922 | 2,170 | #208 |
| 1921 | 2,034 | #218 |
| 1920 | 1,713 | #245 |
| 1919 | 1,330 | #287 |
| 1918 | 1,259 | #300 |
| 1917 | 1,124 | #306 |
| 1916 | 996 | #322 |
| 1915 | 820 | #353 |
| 1914 | 563 | #384 |
| 1913 | 388 | #424 |
| 1912 | 298 | #455 |
| 1911 | 160 | #506 |
| 1910 | 141 | #520 |
| 1909 | 123 | #510 |
| 1908 | 91 | #599 |
| 1907 | 87 | #599 |
| 1906 | 61 | #688 |
| 1905 | 64 | #668 |
| 1904 | 54 | #701 |
| 1903 | 48 | #732 |
| 1902 | 37 | #850 |
| 1901 | 29 | #921 |
| 1900 | 40 | #883 |
| 1899 | 23 | #1,041 |
| 1898 | 29 | #956 |
| 1897 | 29 | #908 |
| 1896 | 18 | #1,263 |
| 1895 | 23 | #1,047 |
| 1894 | 12 | #1,513 |
| 1893 | 23 | #975 |
| 1892 | 16 | #1,255 |
| 1891 | 11 | #1,411 |
| 1890 | 16 | #1,156 |
| 1889 | 14 | #1,214 |
| 1888 | 8 | #1,703 |
| 1887 | 11 | #1,265 |
| 1886 | 11 | #1,289 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,977 |
| 1884 | 7 | #1,636 |
| 1883 | 8 | #1,401 |
| 1882 | 9 | #1,319 |