Rossie

Boy · recorded 1891–1996

  • 1996last recorded
  • 1900best year

Most popular in 1900.

Last recorded in 1996. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Rossie.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1891

0336618911917194419701996

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 74 recorded years as a table
Rossie, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189149
189241
189642
189762
190066
190249
190653
190734
190943
191026
191223
191320
191424
191522
191618
191717
191813
191928
192019
192116
192211
192310
192411
19259
19267
192711
192817
192915
193015
193110
193220
19337
193411
193517
19368
19378
193812
19396
19406
19417
19429
19436
19448
19458
19468
19478
19487
19495
19507
19515
19525
19534
19546
19555
19565
19573
19586
19592
19606
19623
19633
19643
19654
19667
19673
19685
19704
19735
19755
19774
19784
19793
19892
19963

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Rossie isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1996
5
Rank in 1996
#9,015
How rare
1 in 378,860 boys
Since 1891
768

Rossie was last recorded in 1996. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1900, at 66 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Rossie doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.