Rosie

A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning rose; from Rose.

Babies a year
1,343
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#283
up from #311
UK popularity
#24
1,343 babies · unchanged

How Rosie has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#219#529#838201520202025#283

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#774
2016#721
2017#678
2018#620
2019#564
2020#471
2021#461
2022#424
2023#392
2024#311
2025#283

Rosie by the numbers

In 2025, 1,343 babies in England and Wales were named Rosie. In the US, 424 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 1,561 babies in 1927, making it a 1920s name.

At its height, in 1900, about 1 in 550 American girls born that year was called Rosie.

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Rosie as a share of American girls born, 1880 to 2008, at five year intervals. Source: US Social Security Administration.

Other names that come from Rose

Like Rosie, each of these traces back to Rose: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Roselynnrose; a modern feminine form of Rose148 in the US (2017)
  • Bellarosebeautiful rose; compound of Bella and Rose86 in the US (2017)
  • Rosannarose grace; combination of Rose and Anna56 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ellarosebright rose; combination of Ella and Rose60 in the US (2017)
  • Raisarose; derived from Rose34 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Roseannarose and grace; blend of Rose and Anna34 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Sienna-Rosereddish-brown; a compound of Sienna and Rose32 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Annarosegrace and rose; a modern combination of Anna and Rose30 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rosie. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Rosethe rose flower; symbol of love666 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Romieroman; a form of Romeo or Romulus75 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Roxiedawn; a form of Roxana26 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Rossiered; a diminutive form of Ross9 in the US (2017)
  • Rosirose; diminutive of Rosa or Rosalie6 in the US (2017)
  • Rossehorse; a form of Ross6 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Rosie

Names that are said the same way as Rosie, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Rosya form of rosa, the rose flower11 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Rossyrosy or rose-like; diminutive form of rose15 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a rose

Like Rosie, each of these has a rose in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Rosalierose; form of Rosa with -lie suffix1,339 in the US (2017)
  • Rosarose; flower470 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Roselynrose flower; a form of Roselyn or Rose437 in the US (2017)
  • Rosalynrose; form of Rosalind or Rosalynn294 in the US (2017)
  • Primrosefirst rose; early spring flower259 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Rosaleerose; a form of Rose or Rosalie253 in the US (2017)

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