Rosie

Rosie: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “rose”
Origin: English
Say it: ROH-zee · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

Rosie is an English pet form of Rose, from the flower name ultimately from Latin rosa. It is also used as a nickname for Rosemary or Rosalie.

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How popular is Rosie?

2024296 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Rosie in 2024984

2024 rank#311 girls

Peak year1900

Total US babies since 188084,924

Rosie is rising: use over the last five years is 3.8× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Rosie

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

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Hazelhazel tree · English
Ellieshort form of names ending in -el or -ella · English
Lilylily flower · English

Rosie questions

What does the name Rosie mean?

Rosie means "rose". It comes from English. Rosie is an English pet form of Rose, from the flower name ultimately from Latin rosa. It is also used as a nickname for Rosemary or Rosalie.

Is Rosie a boy or girl name?

Rosie is mainly a girl's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Rosie?

984 US babies were named Rosie in 2024. Its peak year was 1900.

How do you pronounce Rosie?

Rosie is usually pronounced ROH-zee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.