first name
ROSEMARY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 112,645 people named Rosemary, 72.6% reported their origin as White, 15.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 7.6% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Rosemary peaked in 1947, when 4,542 babies got the name.
At least 163,523 babies have been given the name since 1882. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Rosemary by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #181. The largest share of babies named Rosemary, 31.4%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Rosemary is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rosemary has been most common in Illinois (1.6×), New York (1.6×), and Wisconsin (1.6×), and least common in Nevada (0.16×).
158,621 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Rosemary
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rosemary, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Rosemary ranks #100,867 of 156,621, with 191 people. See Rosemary as a last name
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