Rosie
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Pet form of Rose and Rosemary
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɹoʊziː/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Rosie is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 2K(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 4.3K
- AUAustralia≈1 in 4.5K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Rosie itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 474 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.0K (inferred from the name graph)
196,309 named Rose, 2020
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Philippines, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Pet form of Rose and Rosemary. It was first used in the 1860s and is now well established as an independent given name, particularly in the United States.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Rosie counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #733 | 196,309as Rose | 1 in 1.7K | 196K | Rosie | 474 |
| PH Philippines | #417 | ≈55,000 est. | ≈1 in 2K | — | Rosie | 93 |
| BR Brazil | — | 40,906as Rose | 1 in 5.2K | 49K | — | 3 |
| GB United Kingdom | #460 | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.3K | 1.4K | Rosie | 268 |
| AU Australia | #584 | ≈5,700 est. | ≈1 in 4.5K | 202 | Rosie | 201 |
| SE Sweden | — | 4,133as Rose | 1 in 2.5K | 4.1K | Rosie | 32 |
| DK Denmark | — | 1,869as Rose | 1 in 3.1K | 1.9K | Rosie | 14 |
| GY Guyana | — | 40 | 1 in 19K | 761 | — | 3 |
196,309 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020, counting the spelling rose. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Rosie is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, A diminutive of the female given name Rose, Rosemary and other female names related to the rose. Also used as a formal given name.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Swedish, Se Rosa.
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
In French, Diminutif anglais de Rose.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In English, Rose; pet form of Rosa
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Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Connie Sawyerb. 1912USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (1912-2018)
- Rosie Stephenson-Goodknightb. 1953USAmerican Wikipedia editor, focused on closing its gender gap; Knight of Serbia
- Rosie Ruizb. 1953USAmerican sports impostor (1953–2019)
- Rosie Jonesb. 1959USprofessional golfer
- Rosie O'Donnellb. 1962USAmerican comedian, producer, actress, and television personality
- Rosie Perezb. 1964USAmerican actress
- Rosie Malek-Yonanb. 1965USAssyrian actress, author, director, public figure and human rights activist
- Rosie Cavalierob. 1967GBBritish actress
- Rosie Huntington Whiteleyb. 1987GBBritish model (born 1987)
- Rosie Dayb. 1994GBBritish actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 91 sources across 44 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 33K | #1,196 |
| GB United Kingdom | ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024) | 2024 | 1.4K | #24 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 1.1K | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 726 | #2,128 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 282 | — |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 2023 | 185 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2024 | 167 | #16 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 163 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 132 | #31,804 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 120 | #29,376 |
| AU Australia | AU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD) | 2025 | 85 | #84 |
| AU Australia | NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present) | 2025 | 85 | #84 |
Reference works 5
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Rosie a male or female name?
- Rosie is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Rosie?
- In the etymology graph, Rosa, Rosalia and Rosalie are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Rose.
- How common is the name Rosie?
- In Guyana, the national register counted 40 people named Rosie in 2025, about 1 in 19 thousand residents.
- How common is Rosie compared with other names?
- In the United States, Rosie is the 733rd most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.
- In which country does Rosie have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 196 thousand people named Rose, more than in any other country we hold.
- What does the name Rosie mean?
- Recorded meaning: Pet form of Rose and Rosemary.
- Where does the name Rosie come from?
- Pet form of Rose and Rosemary. It was first used in the 1860s and is now well established as an independent given name, particularly in the United States. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- How do you pronounce Rosie?
- A machine transcription gives /ɹoʊziː/ (IPA) for English.
What do you want to know about Rosie?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/rosieThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Rosie” — the 733rd most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.