Rosy

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Rosy: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #1,250 in 2000, and it stood at #2,411 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1250highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1522
1997	#2152
1998	#1319
1999	#1675
2000	#1250
2001	#1359
2002	#1317
2003	#1472
2004	#1952
2005	#2247
2006	#1748
2007	#3218
2008	#1344
2009	#2019
2010	#2589
2011	#2275
2012	#1991
2013	#2313
2014	#2464
2015	#2328
2016	#1635
2017	#2925
2018	#2340
2019	#2869
2020	#1846
2021	#2499
2022	#2488
2023	#2689
2024	#2411

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1522 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1250 among girls in England and Wales, in 2000 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2411 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Rosy by decade in England and Wales · 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 Rosy in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	42	4 of 10	11
2000sbusiest	129	10 of 10	13
2010s	112	10 of 10	11
2020s	55	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Rosy appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1250 in England and Wales in 2000.

Rosy'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	#2411	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2689	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2488	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1846	15	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2869	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2340	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1635	19	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2328	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2464	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2313	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1991	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2275	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2019	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1344	21	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1748	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2247	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1952	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1472	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1317	15	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1359	14	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1250	15	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1675	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1319	14	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2152	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1522	11	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,250, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,411position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
21births registered in its largest year, 2008Under 25 births →

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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Harsimran · #1250, 27y
Tahsin · #1250, 24y
Tatum · #1250, 29y
Venus · #1250, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Harsimran · #1250, 27y
Tahsin · #1250, 24y
Tatum · #1250, 29y
Venus · #1250, 28y

Rosy 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 Rosy without appearing here.

Rosy moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2869 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1846 and #5493.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2340 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2869 and #5591.
Denise Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2869 and #2040 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1846 and #4535.
Kristy Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3218 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #1344 and #3860.

Moved ahead of Rosy

Frida Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1748 and #1862 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #3218 and #1656.
Ezra Compare
In 2016 they stood at #1635 and #1689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2925 and #1411.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1846 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2499 and #1286.
Harper Compare
In 2008 they stood at #1344 and #1391 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #2019 and #1171.

Moved the opposite way to Rosy

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rosy went from #1522 to #2411 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rosy went from #1522 to #2411 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rosy went from #1522 to #2411 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rosy went from #1522 to #2411 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Rosy

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rosy went from #1522 to #2411 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rosy went from #1522 to #2411 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rosy went from #1522 to #2411 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rosy went from #1522 to #2411 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1250 in England and Wales in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rosy

Rosy at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rosy by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Rosy appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Rosy at a glance

Rosy by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Rosy appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Rosy and the names beside it

Rosy moved ahead of

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