How rare is the name Rosy?

3,693 people in the United States have the first name Rosy, about 1 in 81,785. It ranks #4,860 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ROSY

#4,860

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,693
About
1 in 81,785
This common or more
84.6%
Who bears it

Of the 3,693 people named Rosy, 67.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 17.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 10.5% as White. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Rosy peaked in 2018, when 59 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18822025
Peak year
2018
Births that year
59
In 2025*
40 ▼32%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 2,208 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.

Rosy by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #1,735. The largest share of babies named Rosy, 27.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#1,73549
1890s#2,05559
1900s#2,42064
1910s#4,31593
1920s#4,466134
1930s#5,69569
1940s#6,70954
1950s#5,97795
1960s#7,07785
1970s#10,70763
1980s#8,084139
1990s#6,880251
2000s#6,858348
2010s#5,984459
2020s#6,447246
Before 19015.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–2712.2%
Silent Generation 1928–455.3%
Baby boom 1946–648%
Generation X 1965–804.7%
Millennials 1981–9613.5%
Generation Z 1997–1223.7%
2013 and later27.5%

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.

Exactly as common as Rosy

1 other first name also has 3,693 people.

#4,860 Jacy · 3,693

Either side of Rosy

#4,857 Sherryl · 3,694#4,860 Jacy · 3,693#4,862 Jones · 3,692#4,862 Pricilla · 3,692

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rosy, most common first.

#213 Rosa · 254,275#283 Rose · 196,309#807 Ross · 59,341#4,962 Roxy · 3,580#10,340 Rossy · 1,296#11,967 Rosi · 1,055#13,361 Rosey · 906#21,875 Ros · 460

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