Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls
Origin: EnglishRosemary is a feminine given name, a combination of the names Rose which is a flower that belongs to the Rose family, and from the name Mary which is the name of the Virgin Mary and means Strong, Fertile. It can also be used in reference to the herb named rosemary.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Rosemary yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
The herb, the Beatles song, my wife's grandmother. All three reasons were true at the same time. We figured three-layer names are more likely to stick.
— Paul, Liverpool (moved to Chicago IL), 2017
Rosie at home. Rosemary on everything official. It's an old-fashioned name having a real moment, and we were ahead of the curve by maybe five years. That was not intentional but we've accepted the credit.
— Amy, Philadelphia PA, 2015
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Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1882 | 9 | #669 |
| 1883 | 8 | #749 |
| 1884 | 7 | #912 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,176 |
| 1886 | 11 | #726 |
| 1887 | 11 | #723 |
| 1888 | 8 | #1,021 |
| 1889 | 14 | #715 |
| 1890 | 16 | #689 |
| 1891 | 11 | #882 |
| 1892 | 16 | #755 |
| 1893 | 23 | #612 |
| 1894 | 12 | #946 |
| 1895 | 23 | #656 |
| 1896 | 18 | #784 |
| 1897 | 29 | #563 |
| 1898 | 29 | #608 |
| 1899 | 23 | #660 |
| 1900 | 40 | #539 |
| 1901 | 29 | #589 |
| 1902 | 37 | #535 |
| 1903 | 48 | #464 |
| 1904 | 54 | #443 |
| 1905 | 64 | #424 |
| 1906 | 61 | #441 |
| 1907 | 87 | #382 |
| 1908 | 91 | #380 |
| 1909 | 123 | #328 |
| 1910 | 141 | #329 |
| 1911 | 160 | #312 |
| 1912 | 298 | #259 |
| 1913 | 388 | #246 |
| 1914 | 563 | #225 |
| 1915 | 820 | #201 |
| 1916 | 996 | #184 |
| 1917 | 1,124 | #176 |
| 1918 | 1,259 | #171 |
| 1919 | 1,330 | #166 |
| 1920 | 1,713 | #141 |
| 1921 | 2,034 | #128 |
| 1922 | 2,170 | #120 |
| 1923 | 2,427 | #110 |
| 1924 | 2,734 | #106 |
| 1925 | 2,755 | #103 |
| 1926 | 2,900 | #95 |
| 1927 | 3,153 | #86 |
| 1928 | 2,972 | #88 |
| 1929 | 3,107 | #80 |
| 1930 | 3,151 | #82 |
| 1931 | 2,722 | #88 |
| 1932 | 2,483 | #100 |
| 1933 | 2,227 | #102 |
| 1934 | 2,132 | #111 |
| 1935 | 2,394 | #97 |
| 1936 | 2,148 | #111 |
| 1937 | 2,307 | #110 |
| 1938 | 2,681 | #95 |
| 1939 | 2,612 | #93 |
| 1940 | 2,874 | #85 |
| 1941 | 2,677 | #94 |
| 1942 | 3,004 | #92 |
| 1943 | 2,967 | #97 |
| 1944 | 2,744 | #99 |
| 1945 | 3,500 | #79 |
| 1946 | 4,486 | #74 |
| 1947 | 4,542 | #80 |
| 1948 | 3,869 | #90 |
| 1949 | 3,633 | #98 |
| 1950 | 3,455 | #101 |
| 1951 | 3,346 | #109 |
| 1952 | 2,786 | #130 |
| 1953 | 2,432 | #147 |
| 1954 | 2,191 | #160 |
| 1955 | 2,015 | #171 |
| 1956 | 2,066 | #175 |
| 1957 | 2,275 | #168 |
| 1958 | 2,223 | #171 |
| 1959 | 2,230 | #173 |
| 1960 | 2,192 | #181 |
| 1961 | 2,133 | #181 |
| 1962 | 1,939 | #195 |
| 1963 | 1,729 | #205 |
| 1964 | 1,629 | #214 |
| 1965 | 1,276 | #241 |
| 1966 | 1,122 | #254 |
| 1967 | 914 | #281 |
| 1968 | 876 | #296 |
| 1969 | 794 | #322 |
| 1970 | 797 | #331 |
| 1971 | 743 | #341 |
| 1972 | 617 | #357 |
| 1973 | 609 | #350 |
| 1974 | 624 | #348 |
| 1975 | 534 | #384 |
| 1976 | 497 | #406 |
| 1977 | 460 | #445 |
| 1978 | 453 | #442 |
| 1979 | 489 | #427 |
| 1980 | 576 | #395 |
| 1981 | 565 | #401 |
| 1982 | 532 | #420 |
| 1983 | 489 | #433 |
| 1984 | 489 | #431 |
| 1985 | 512 | #431 |
| 1986 | 473 | #455 |
| 1987 | 455 | #477 |
| 1988 | 431 | #512 |
| 1989 | 466 | #504 |
| 1990 | 472 | #509 |
| 1991 | 429 | #550 |
| 1992 | 420 | #561 |
| 1993 | 395 | #595 |
| 1994 | 402 | #572 |
| 1995 | 403 | #571 |
| 1996 | 421 | #555 |
| 1997 | 339 | #651 |
| 1998 | 395 | #609 |
| 1999 | 375 | #631 |
| 2000 | 397 | #631 |
| 2001 | 401 | #624 |
| 2002 | 403 | #634 |
| 2003 | 403 | #661 |
| 2004 | 376 | #712 |
| 2005 | 362 | #745 |
| 2006 | 410 | #692 |
| 2007 | 406 | #721 |
| 2008 | 398 | #746 |
| 2009 | 404 | #717 |
| 2010 | 395 | #715 |
| 2011 | 439 | #651 |
| 2012 | 479 | #601 |
| 2013 | 563 | #531 |
| 2014 | 536 | #570 |
| 2015 | 607 | #517 |
| 2016 | 740 | #436 |
| 2017 | 698 | #454 |
| 2018 | 699 | #452 |
| 2019 | 770 | #405 |
| 2020 | 698 | #442 |
| 2021 | 846 | #363 |
| 2022 | 871 | #365 |
| 2023 | 995 | #310 |
| 2024 | 1,037 | #301 |
