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Rosie

The name Rosie carries the meaning "Latin rosa, the flower", with roots in Latin. It peaked back in the 1920s and has been gradually easing since. In the current registry, it is a name plenty of people share. It has quietly persisted through most of the last century of American birth records.

EtymologyDiminutive of Rose
LatinLatin "rosa," the flower
Births by decade
1900s
4,833
1910s
9,631
1920s
14,409
1930s
12,186
1940s
11,497
1950s
10,047
1960s
4,942
1970s
1,963
1980s
1,324
1990s
1,280
2000s
1,180
2010s
2,290
Peaked in the 1920s · 75,582 total U.S. births since 1900