Rosemary
83
Babies in 2024
+28%
10-year change
1996
Peak · 144
+1%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Rosemary
Rosemary peaked among UK girls' names in the late 1990s (144 babies in 1996) and has remained in active use — 83 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Rosemary reached its peak in 1996, when 144 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #260 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 83 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 2,220 girls have been officially registered with the name Rosemary in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 787 girls were registered with the name, starting from 65 in 2014 and ending at 83 in 2024.