Rosemary

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: English

Meaning

Rosemary 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

Rosemary first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1996 with 144 babies (rank #265 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Rosemary

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Rosemary yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

1,617
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
144
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1996144#265
1997135#279
1998119#305
199991#356
200096#352
200183#387
200272#444
200371#470
200466#505
200567#515
200669#531
200774#511
200867#572
200960#629
201060#641
201150#760
201257#718
201352#763
201465#628
201559#692
201660#691