Rosalie

What Rosalie means

Means “rose”

From French Rosalie, from the Latin saints’ name Rosālia, from rosa (“rose”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Rosalie” (revision 93130849), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Rosalie?

US: Rising: up from #266 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #334 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1938, when 3,758 girls got the name (#66 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 894 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,423 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,278 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AK (4.84 per 1,000 girls), RI (4.49 per 1,000 girls), ME (3.21 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Rosalie is #171 in the US and #261 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Rosalie were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Rosalia481 US · 31 E&W
• Rozalia15 US · 17 E&W
• Roselie29 US
• Roselia15 US
• Rosalea14 US
• Rozalie10 US
• Rosealee7 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Rosalie

Girls

• Colette#316Editor’s note Up from #525 in 2015 to #316 in 2025 in the US
• Jane#221“God is gracious”^*
• Leona#429Feminine form of Leo, meaning “lion”^*
• Mabel#201“lovable”^*
• Noelle#202Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #202 vs #705 in 2025
• Beatrice#508“she who makes happy”^*

For a brother

• Felix#175“happy, lucky”^*
• August#81“month of August”^*
• Lionel#659“lion”^*
• Leon#138“lion”^*
• Leo#19“lion”^*
• Theodore#4Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #99 in 2015, #4 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under French, Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Rosalie’s. Rank is US 2025.