Meaning and history
Rosemary is a name formed from Rose and Mary and may also refer to the herb, whose name comes from Latin ros marinus, meaning “dew of the sea.” It began to be used as a given name in the 19th century.
20062006: 411 births, rank #686
2007: 406 births, rank #720
2008: 398 births, rank #746
2009: 404 births, rank #716
2010: 396 births, rank #712
20112011: 439 births, rank #651
2012: 479 births, rank #600
2013: 563 births, rank #531
2014: 537 births, rank #570
2015: 607 births, rank #517
20162016: 740 births, rank #436
2017: 699 births, rank #453
2018: 699 births, rank #452
2019: 771 births, rank #402
2020: 698 births, rank #442
20212021: 846 births, rank #363
2022: 873 births, rank #364
2023: 995 births, rank #310
2024: 1,048 births, rank #301
20252025: 1,222 births, rank #251
Rosemary rose from #301 to #251 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1947, with 4,542 births.