Name meaning & stats
Rosemary
Rosemary means “dew of the sea” (Latin origin). 104,576 US babies since 1940, peak 1947.
What it means
“dew of the sea”
LatinWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1947
104,576 US babies were named Rosemary between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Rosemary (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 74% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1947)