Names / Girl names
Rosemary
Current rank
#251
and rising
All-time peak
#74
in 1946
First recorded
1882
in U.S. data
Children named
163,500
since 1882
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #74 in 1946 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Herb with flowers, “dew of the sea” (Latin root). It enters U.S. records in American naming data in 1882. Its strongest year was 1946, at #74 nationally. As of the latest data it stands at #251, trending upward. More than 163,500 children have been given the name overall.