Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Rosary isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rosary through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 580
- 0 boys · 580 girls
- Most popular year
- 1943
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,584 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,584 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 536 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rosary’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Rosary, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Roseann
“resembling the graceful rose”
>99% girls
Rosalita
>99% girls
Rosalene
>99% girls
Roselee
>99% girls
Roseanne
“resembling the graceful rose”
>99% girls
Roz
Roz is used as a given name and a surname. Roz is connected with Ros.
>99% girls
Rosetta
“horse” · “fame”
>99% girls
Ronni
“displaying her true image” · “song of Joy”
3% boys · 97% girls
Sibling ideas
Names that share Rosary’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.
A sister for Rosary