Rosemary Girl
How popular is Rosemary?
#251 girl name in 2025
1,222 baby girls were named Rosemary in the US in 2025, making it the 251st most popular girl name.
Rosemary popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #251 for girls (▲ 50 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,222 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+101% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #517 in 2015, #442 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1947 (4,542 girls) |
| Highest rank | #74 in 1946 |
| First recorded | 1882 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.9% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Rosemary counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Rosemary family of names ranked #252 for girls in 2025 (#295 the year before), with 1,337 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Rosemary | 1,222 | 91% |
| Rosemarie | 115 | 9% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Rosemary is most popular
Babies named Rosemary per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Rosemary by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 73 | #634 |
| 1890s | 200 | #554 |
| 1900s | 634 | #323 |
| 1910s | 7,079 | #165 |
| 1920s | 25,965 | #80 |
| 1930s | 24,857 | #82 |
| 1940s | 34,297 | #74 |
| 1950s | 25,020 | #101 |
| 1960s | 14,604 | #181 |
| 1970s | 5,823 | #331 |
| 1980s | 4,989 | #395 |
| 1990s | 4,051 | #508 |
| 2000s | 3,961 | #624 |
| 2010s | 5,930 | #402 |
| 2020s | 5,682 | #251 |
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Questions
- Is Rosemary a boy or girl name?
- Rosemary is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Rosemary were girls.
- How popular is the name Rosemary?
- 1,222 baby girls were named Rosemary in the US in 2025, making it the 251st most popular girl name.
- When was Rosemary most popular?
- Rosemary peaked in 1947, when 4,542 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #74 in 1946.
- How many people are named Rosemary?
- 163,523 babies have been named Rosemary in the US since 1880. We estimate about 92,360 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 68.
- Where is Rosemary most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Rosemary was most common in Montana, at 1.6 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.