Rosemary is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1947 and has since faded.
Rosemary is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #251 for girl births in the United States (and #536 across all names), given to 1,222 babies. Rosemary first appears in 1882 and peaked in 1947 (4,542 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,222 | 1,222 | #251 | — |
| 2024 | 1,048 | 1,048 | #301 | — |
| 2023 | 995 | 995 | #310 | — |
| 2022 | 873 | 873 | #365 | — |
| 2021 | 846 | 846 | #363 | — |
| 2020 | 698 | 698 | #442 | — |
| 2019 | 771 | 771 | #404 | — |
| 2018 | 699 | 699 | #453 | — |
| 2017 | 699 | 699 | #453 | — |
| 2016 | 740 | 740 | #436 | — |
| 2015 | 607 | 607 | #517 | — |
| 2014 | 537 | 537 | #570 | — |
| 2013 | 563 | 563 | #531 | — |
| 2012 | 479 | 479 | #601 | — |
| 2011 | 439 | 439 | #651 | — |
| 2010 | 396 | 396 | #714 | — |
| 2009 | 404 | 404 | #717 | — |
| 2008 | 398 | 398 | #746 | — |
| 2007 | 406 | 411 | #721 | — |
| 2006 | 411 | 411 | #689 | — |
| 2005 | 362 | 369 | #745 | — |
| 2004 | 376 | 382 | #712 | — |
| 2003 | 403 | 410 | #661 | — |
| 2002 | 403 | 411 | #634 | — |
| 2001 | 401 | 411 | #624 | — |
| 2000 | 397 | 402 | #631 | — |
| 1999 | 375 | 388 | #631 | — |
| 1998 | 395 | 405 | #609 | — |
| 1997 | 339 | — | #651 | — |
| 1996 | 421 | — | #555 | — |
| 1995 | 403 | — | #571 | — |
| 1994 | 402 | — | #572 | — |
| 1993 | 395 | — | #595 | — |
| 1992 | 420 | — | #561 | — |
| 1991 | 429 | — | #550 | — |
| 1990 | 477 | — | #509 | #9,240 |
| 1989 | 474 | — | #504 | #6,110 |
| 1988 | 431 | — | #512 | — |
| 1987 | 455 | — | #477 | — |
| 1986 | 473 | — | #455 | — |
| 1985 | 512 | — | #431 | — |
| 1984 | 490 | — | #430 | — |
| 1983 | 494 | — | #433 | #7,120 |
| 1982 | 532 | — | #420 | — |
| 1981 | 573 | — | #401 | #4,876 |
| 1980 | 576 | — | #395 | — |
| 1979 | 489 | — | #427 | — |
| 1978 | 453 | — | #442 | — |
| 1977 | 466 | — | #445 | #5,710 |
| 1976 | 497 | — | #406 | — |
| 1975 | 534 | — | #384 | — |
| 1974 | 624 | — | #348 | — |
| 1973 | 609 | — | #350 | — |
| 1972 | 617 | — | #357 | — |
| 1971 | 749 | — | #341 | #4,818 |
| 1970 | 797 | — | #331 | — |
| 1969 | 801 | — | #322 | #3,865 |
| 1968 | 882 | — | #296 | #4,056 |
| 1967 | 920 | — | #281 | #3,899 |
| 1966 | 1,122 | — | #254 | — |
| 1965 | 1,284 | — | #241 | #3,197 |
| 1964 | 1,636 | — | #214 | #3,550 |
| 1963 | 1,734 | — | #205 | #4,521 |
| 1962 | 1,948 | — | #195 | #3,006 |
| 1961 | 2,133 | — | #181 | — |
| 1960 | 2,192 | — | #181 | — |
| 1959 | 2,236 | — | #173 | #3,920 |
| 1958 | 2,223 | — | #171 | — |
| 1957 | 2,282 | — | #168 | #3,507 |
| 1956 | 2,073 | — | #175 | #3,490 |
| 1955 | 2,020 | — | #171 | #4,304 |
| 1954 | 2,201 | — | #160 | #2,914 |
| 1953 | 2,432 | — | #147 | — |
| 1952 | 2,787 | — | #130 | — |
| 1951 | 3,352 | — | #109 | #3,309 |
| 1950 | 3,462 | — | #101 | #3,272 |
| 1949 | 3,640 | — | #98 | #3,256 |
| 1948 | 3,881 | — | #90 | #2,425 |
| 1947 | 4,542 | — | #80 | — |
| 1946 | 4,494 | — | #74 | #2,880 |
| 1945 | 3,505 | — | #79 | #3,700 |
| 1944 | 2,756 | — | #99 | #2,177 |
| 1943 | 2,978 | — | #97 | #2,258 |
| 1942 | 3,016 | — | #92 | #2,366 |
| 1941 | 2,686 | — | #94 | #2,620 |
| 1940 | 2,884 | — | #85 | #2,452 |
| 1939 | 2,619 | — | #93 | #3,063 |
| 1938 | 2,692 | — | #95 | #2,300 |
| 1937 | 2,318 | — | #110 | #2,312 |
| 1936 | 2,156 | — | #111 | #2,813 |
| 1935 | 2,401 | — | #97 | #3,206 |
| 1934 | 2,140 | — | #111 | #2,919 |
| 1933 | 2,235 | — | #102 | #2,951 |
| 1932 | 2,493 | — | #100 | #2,608 |
| 1931 | 2,736 | — | #88 | #2,087 |
| 1930 | 3,151 | — | #82 | — |
| 1929 | 3,121 | — | #80 | #2,180 |
| 1928 | 2,980 | — | #88 | #3,312 |
| 1927 | 3,165 | — | #86 | #2,504 |
| 1926 | 2,906 | — | #95 | #4,108 |
| 1925 | 2,760 | — | #103 | #4,768 |
| 1924 | 2,739 | — | #106 | #4,845 |
| 1923 | 2,432 | — | #110 | #4,781 |
| 1922 | 2,170 | — | #120 | — |
| 1921 | 2,034 | — | #128 | — |
| 1920 | 1,713 | — | #141 | — |
| 1919 | 1,330 | — | #166 | — |
| 1918 | 1,259 | — | #171 | — |
| 1917 | 1,124 | — | #176 | — |
| 1916 | 996 | — | #184 | — |
| 1915 | 820 | — | #201 | — |
| 1914 | 563 | — | #225 | — |
| 1913 | 388 | — | #246 | — |
| 1912 | 298 | — | #259 | — |
| 1911 | 160 | — | #312 | — |
| 1910 | 141 | — | #329 | — |
| 1909 | 123 | — | #328 | — |
| 1908 | 91 | — | #380 | — |
| 1907 | 87 | — | #382 | — |
| 1906 | 61 | — | #441 | — |
| 1905 | 64 | — | #424 | — |
| 1904 | 54 | — | #443 | — |
| 1903 | 48 | — | #464 | — |
| 1902 | 37 | — | #535 | — |
| 1901 | 29 | — | #589 | — |
| 1900 | 40 | — | #539 | — |
| 1899 | 23 | — | #660 | — |
| 1898 | 29 | — | #608 | — |
| 1897 | 29 | — | #563 | — |
| 1896 | 18 | — | #784 | — |
| 1895 | 23 | — | #656 | — |
| 1894 | 12 | — | #946 | — |
| 1893 | 23 | — | #612 | — |
| 1892 | 16 | — | #755 | — |
| 1891 | 11 | — | #882 | — |
| 1890 | 16 | — | #689 | — |
| 1889 | 14 | — | #715 | — |
| 1888 | 8 | — | #1,021 | — |
| 1887 | 11 | — | #723 | — |
| 1886 | 11 | — | #726 | — |
| 1885 | 5 | — | #1,176 | — |
| 1884 | 7 | — | #912 | — |
| 1883 | 8 | — | #749 | — |
| 1882 | 9 | — | #669 | — |