Rosie

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Rosie: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Rosie: Recorded since 1992, it reached #9 in 2020, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
99times a registrar ranked it
34years from first to last
#9highest recorded position
21groupings it qualifies for
23names it appears alongside

What stands out in Rosie's record

Held a top-100 place for 30 years running. Names by top-100 run
England and Wales registered 2,036 births with the name in 2019, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count
Held at least one birth in every 2,000 for 29 years. Names by sustained share
Appears alongside 23 other names across 5 kinds of recorded relationship. All recorded relationships

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#69
1997	#70
1998	#71
1999	#63
2000	#66
2001	#61
2002	#55
2003	#52
2004	#57
2005	#61
2006	#68
2007	#61
2008	#65
2009	#62
2010	#59
2011	#55
2012	#48
2013	#38
2014	#33
2015	#36
2016	#36
2017	#35
2018	#26
2019	#14
2020	#9
2021	#11
2022	#16
2023	#21
2024	#24

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 33 of the 34 years from 1992 to 2025.

In 2025: #23 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #84 among girls in New South Wales, Australia.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1992–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1992
First recorded at #523 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1992 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #9 among girls in England and Wales, in 2020 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #84 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls

Rosie appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 33 years beginning in 1992, and has registered 1,488 births with the name.

Rosie across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Rosie's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#523 (1992)	#23 (2025)	#23 (2025)	33 of 34	1,488 (1992–2025)	145 (2025)
England and Wales · Girls	#69 (1996)	#9 (2020)	#24 (2024)	29 of 29	35,552 (1996–2024)	2,036 (2019)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#358 (1997)	#21 (2021)	#22 (2024)	28 of 28	811 (1997–2024)	76 (2021)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#91 (2019)	#71 (2024)	#84 (2025)	5 of 7	431 (2019–2025)	101 (2024)
New Zealand · Girls	#80 (2020)	#80 (2020)	#82 (2022)	3 of 3	144 (2020–2022)	51 (2022)

Rosie by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Rosie in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	30	7 of 10	4
2000s	152	10 of 10	15
2010s	600	10 of 10	60
2020sbusiest	706	6 of 10	118

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 118 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2017 and 2018, when recorded births rose by 34, from 64 to 98.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Rosie appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1992 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #9 in England and Wales in 2020.

Rosie's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#24	1,406	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#21	1,508	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#16	1,686	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#11	2,028	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#9	2,035	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#14	2,036	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#26	1,808	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#35	1,388	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#36	1,403	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#36	1,403	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#33	1,475	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#38	1,369	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#48	1,263	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#55	1,124	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#59	1,010	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#62	1,002	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#65	999	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#61	987	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#68	880	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#61	914	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#57	958	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#52	1,024	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#55	951	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#61	838	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#66	766	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#63	808	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#71	786	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#70	818	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#69	879	High	Verified
2025	New South Wales, Australia	female	#84	85	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	New South Wales, Australia	female	#71	101	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New South Wales, Australia	female	#75	84	Insufficient	Not yet available
2022	New South Wales, Australia	female	#84	82	Insufficient	Not yet available
2019	New South Wales, Australia	female	#91	79	Insufficient	Not yet available
2022	New Zealand	female	#82	51	High	Verified
2021	New Zealand	female	#94	45	High	Verified
2020	New Zealand	female	#80	48	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#22	59	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#24	62	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#27	59	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#21	76	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#32	54	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#28	67	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#33	64	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#71	33	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#68	37	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#75	34	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#89	26	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#67	35	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#89	28	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#106	23	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#116	21	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#123	18	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#101	24	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#162	13	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#170	11	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#126	16	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#139	13	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#248	5	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#227	6	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#165	10	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#220	6	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#291	4	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#301	4	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#23	145	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#31	131	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#54	98	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#49	111	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#50	118	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#52	103	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#58	99	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#65	98	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#91	64	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#87	68	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#91	69	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#106	58	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#119	51	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#157	37	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#199	29	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#214	27	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#358	13	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	19	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#233	21	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#247	17	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#232	17	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#235	16	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#247	14	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#312	10	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#238	14	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#269	11	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#346	8	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	5	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#16	167	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1992 and 2025, ranked in 33 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #9, first reached in 2020.

It held a top-100 place in 30 years, 30 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 2,036 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

1 registrar ranked it inside their own top 10.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Roshan · #493, 29y
Roshni · #571, 29y
Rosie-Ann · #2341, 14y
Rosie-Lee · #3229, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Archie · #9, 30y
Callum · #8, 38y
Bonnie · #11, 33y
Elijah · #7, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Archie · #9, 30y
Harris · #9, 30y
Arlo · #10, 27y
Freddie · #10, 30y

Comparisons involving Rosie

Existing comparison pages where Rosie and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Rosie in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Rosie vs Rachael
In 1996 they stood at #69 and #77 in England and Wales · Girls, 8 places apart; by 2024 they were #24 and #3318.
Rosie · Rachael · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2024 England and Wales ranking
Kelly vs Rosie
In 1996 they stood at #74 and #69 in England and Wales · Girls, 5 places apart; by 2024 they were #1672 and #24.
Kelly · Rosie · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2024 England and Wales ranking
Aimee vs Rosie
In 1996 they stood at #70 and #69 in England and Wales · Girls, 1 places apart; by 2024 they were #1603 and #24.
Aimee · Rosie · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2024 England and Wales ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Rosie and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Freya vs Rosie
In 2021, Freya moved ahead of Rosie in England and Wales · Girls — #12 and #9 the year before became #6 and #11.
Freya · Rosie · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 2021 England and Wales ranking
Rosie vs Alice
In Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rosie moved into the top 50 at #31 in 2024 as Alice fell out of it to #52, having been #38 the year before.
Rosie · Alice · 33 shared years, 1992–2025 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2024 Republic of Ireland ranking
Isabella vs Rosie
In Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rosie moved into the top 50 at #31 in 2024 as Isabella fell out of it to #55, having been #44 the year before.
Isabella · Rosie · 33 shared years, 1992–2025 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2024 Republic of Ireland ranking

Compared inside England and Wales lists

Pairs involving Rosie measured in England and Wales's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Rosie at its highest position.

Rosie vs Kate
In 1996 they stood at #69 and #59 in England and Wales · Girls, 10 places apart; by 2024 they were #24 and #1302.
Rosie · Kate · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2024 England and Wales ranking
Rosie vs Heather
In 1996 they stood at #69 and #78 in England and Wales · Girls, 9 places apart; by 2024 they were #24 and #826.
Rosie · Heather · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2024 England and Wales ranking
Rosie vs Ellen
In 1996 they stood at #69 and #63 in England and Wales · Girls, 6 places apart; by 2024 they were #24 and #736.
Rosie · Ellen · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2024 England and Wales ranking

England and Wales overview→

Rosie was ranked #9 in England and Wales · Girls in 2020. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Rosie and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Rosie without appearing here.

Rosie moved ahead of

Elisabeth Compare
In 2002 they stood at #516 and #516 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2003 that had become #247 and #655.
Eabha Compare
In 2017 they stood at #91 and #50 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2018 that had become #65 and #436.
Ingrid Compare
In 2000 they stood at #425 and #425 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2001 that had become #238 and #606.
Meabh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #91 and #76 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2018 that had become #65 and #387.

Moved ahead of Rosie

Isla Compare
In 2007 they stood at #61 and #65 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #65 and #36.
Éala Compare
In 2024 they stood at #31 and #40 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #23 and #10.
Fiadh Compare
In 2013 they stood at #67 and #106 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #89 and #77.
Croía Compare
In 2021 they stood at #50 and #52 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2022 that had become #49 and #38.

Moved the opposite way to Rosie

Aoife Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rosie went from #523 to #23 while Aoife went from #4 to #34.
Audrey Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rosie went from #523 to #23 while Audrey went from #229 to #885.
Martina Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rosie went from #523 to #23 while Martina went from #125 to #325.
Meabh Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rosie went from #523 to #23 while Meabh went from #282 to #413.

Moved the same way as Rosie

Abigail Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rosie went from #523 to #23 and Abigail from #417 to #115.
Alex Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rosie went from #523 to #23 and Alex from #523 to #304.
Alice Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rosie went from #523 to #23 and Alice from #89 to #41.
Anna Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rosie went from #523 to #23 and Anna from #69 to #26.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1992 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #9 in England and Wales in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rosie

Rosie at a glance

What stands out in Rosie's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rosie across 5 official records

Rosie by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Rosie appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Comparisons involving Rosie

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside England and Wales lists

Names published alongside Rosie

Rosie and the names beside it

Rosie moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Rosie

Moved the opposite way to Rosie

Moved the same way as Rosie

Rosie at a glance

What stands out in Rosie's record

Rosie across 5 official records

Rosie by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Rosie appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Comparisons involving Rosie

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside England and Wales lists

Names published alongside Rosie

Rosie and the names beside it

Rosie moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Rosie

Moved the opposite way to Rosie

Moved the same way as Rosie