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How popular is the name Rosemary?
Births per year, rank history and how many Rosemaries are alive today.
Rosemary (female), once a common girls' name, is now an uncommon choice for new babies in England and Wales, ranked 490th in 2025 with 81 given the name. The name peaked in 1944, when around 1,300 babies were given the name, the 36th most popular that year. It has declined since 1944; the 2025 figure is roughly 6% of its peak. Numbers have been stable in recent years. At least 48,000 babies have been named Rosemary in England and Wales since 1924. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Rosemary you are most likely to meet is around 79 years old. Half of all Rosemaries born in England and Wales are between 56 and 81, and there are at least 35,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly an 11% chance that at least one of them will be called Rosemary.
How many babies are named Rosemary each year?
Where does Rosemary rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Rosemary most popular?
Rosemary peaked in 1944, when around 1,300 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Rosemary?
At least 35,000 people named Rosemary born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Rosemary?
Most living Rosemaries are between 56 and 81; the most common age is about 79.
Is Rosemary becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1944 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.