Rosary

Gender: Girl
Say it: ROH-zuh-ree
Origin: English
US rank, 2025: #13,203 for girls

Rosary is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “rose garden; prayer beads”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).

What does Rosary mean?

English: English word, from Latin rosarium 'rose garden'

“rose garden; prayer beads”

Named after the Catholic string of prayer beads and the cycle of prayers said on it in honour of the Virgin Mary.

Is Rosary a girl's or a boy's name?

Rosary is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Rosary in the US?

Rank in 2025: 13,203rd among girls
Babies in 2025: 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
Five-year trend: Too rare to call too few babies to tell
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Rosary, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1943, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1917.

Half of all the girls named Rosary in the US since 1880 were born between 1937 and 1970, the years shaded on the chart below.

1917Busiest: 18 in 19432025

Rosary in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	6	#13,203
2024	5	#15,288
2023	0	–
2022	6	#13,586
2021	6	#13,459
2020	6	#13,448
2019	0	–
2018	6	#13,788
2017	0	–
2016	8	#11,776
2015	6	#14,477
2014	10	#10,124
2013	5	#16,542
2012	5	#16,863
2011	0	–
2010	0	–
2009	5	#17,288
2008	6	#15,399
2007	8	#12,671
2006	0	–
2005	8	#11,828
2004	6	#14,172
2003	0	–
2002	0	–
2001	6	#13,514
2000	6	#13,147
1999	0	–
1998	0	–
1997	0	–
1996	0	–
1995	0	–
1994	0	–
1993	0	–
1992	5	#13,308
1991	0	–
1990	0	–
1989	0	–
1988	0	–
1987	0	–
1986	0	–
1985	0	–
1984	0	–
1983	0	–
1982	6	#9,235
1981	0	–
1980	5	#10,390
1979	5	#10,208
1978	7	#7,647
1977	0	–
1976	0	–
1975	0	–
1974	0	–
1973	0	–
1972	0	–
1971	0	–
1970	6	#7,069
1969	9	#5,056
1968	0	–
1967	7	#5,456
1966	7	#5,272
1965	5	#6,538
1964	0	–
1963	0	–
1962	7	#5,292
1961	8	#4,881
1960	8	#4,772
1959	7	#5,030
1958	0	–
1957	16	#2,925
1956	14	#3,185
1955	10	#3,777
1954	13	#3,156
1953	9	#3,954
1952	8	#4,122
1951	12	#3,105
1950	10	#3,422
1949	9	#3,611
1948	14	#2,700
1947	17	#2,447
1946	18	#2,227
1945	5	#4,554
1944	9	#3,138
1943	18	#2,078
1942	8	#3,442
1941	11	#2,666
1940	8	#3,206
1939	11	#2,590
1938	7	#3,448
1937	6	#3,798
1936	10	#2,688
1935	10	#2,729
1934	6	#3,800
1933	6	#3,751
1932	0	–
1931	8	#3,224
1930	10	#2,844
1929	11	#2,736
1928	7	#3,741
1927	0	–
1926	5	#4,849
1925	10	#3,115
1924	5	#5,059
1923	12	#2,732
1922	10	#3,150
1921	6	#4,462
1920	5	#4,973
1919	6	#4,249
1918	8	#3,511
1917	6	#4,081