Rosalie
Rosalie is ranked 177th among girls in 2024 (1,699 births). Its best rank was 66th, in 1938.
- Rank in 2024
- #177up 5 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,6990.11% of girls
- Peak year
- 19383,758 births
- Best rank
- #66in 1938
- Since 1880
- 82,239people given the name
The story in the numbers
82,239 girls have been named Rosalie in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1938, with 3,758 births — 0.34% of all girls recorded that year.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1944, and the 1930s alone account for 17%. It has spent 124 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 1 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Rosalie | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 457 | |
| 1890s | 866 | |
| 1900s | 1,571 | |
| 1910s | 6,305 | |
| 1920s | 11,296 | |
| 1930s | 13,713 | |
| 1940s | 12,587 | |
| 1950s | 6,790 | |
| 1960s | 3,645 | |
| 1970s | 1,679 | |
| 1980s | 1,672 | |
| 1990s | 1,405 | |
| 2000s | 1,621 | |
| 2010s | 10,533 | |
| 2020s | 8,099 |
In 1938, its biggest year
Rosalie was the 66th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1938 were Mary, Barbara, Patricia, Betty and Shirley. See all of 1938.
Names that rose and fell with Rosalie
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rosaleepeak 2020
- Nilapeak 2022
- Willapeak 2019
- Ruthiepeak 1927
- Elouisepeak 2023
- Fayepeak 1943
- Arlapeak 1934
- Roseleepeak 1939
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.