Rosemary is a girl's name of English origin meaning “fidelity in love.” In 2024 it was given to 1,037 girls in the United States.
Rosemary belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “fidelity in love” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Rosemary first appears in Social Security records in 1882. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #74 in 1946, and in 2024 1,037 babies received the name — 161,922 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Rosemary means “fidelity in love” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Rosemary is a girl name. In 2024, 1,037 babies received the name in the US.
Rosemary comes from the English & American tradition.
Rosemary first appears in US records in 1882. Its best-ever ranking was #74 in 1946, and 1,037 babies were given the name in 2024.
Rosemary is pronounced /ˈɹəʊzməɹi/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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