Rose

#114 for girls in 2025, 2,386 births · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #9,763
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1913 · 6,171 births
Debut · girls
700 births
In top 100 · girls
81 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
500,586
since 1880

Rose over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #14, 1913girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1142,386—
2024#1142,394—
2023#1242,252#9,7637
2022#1192,373—
2021#1162,402—
2020#1122,380#9,5547
2019#1152,539—
2018#1232,457—
2017#1412,079#10,7756
2016#1512,041#12,1855
2015#1661,956—
2014#1941,702—
2013#2251,429—
2012#2581,253—
2011#2891,101—
2010#334965—
2009#349941—
2008#340975—
2007#348942—
2006#343961—
2005#331968—
2004#353896—
2003#358854—
2002#329922—
2001#3081,030—
2000#2991,080—
1999#2771,132—
1998#2971,019—
1997#392666—
1996#376703—
1995#337787—
1994#339792—
1993#342745#8,7005
1992#318859#8,4355
1991#309884#5,09610
1990#307901—
1989#293893#4,27112
1988#286866#4,7869
1987#291836—
1986#297823#3,88211
1985#259967#3,80511
1984#2381,058#4,9737
1983#2331,061#6,2385
1982#2321,096#4,5938
1981#2311,098#6,2625
1980#2251,134#4,1349
1979#264921#4,8427
1978#258916#5,7725
1977#257965—
1976#244972—
1975#257946—
1974#2431,057#3,8378
1973#2341,093#3,4459
1972#2111,309#2,99111
1971#2101,431#3,3709
1970#1831,778#2,29316
1969#1721,872#3,3148
1968#1651,951#2,9079
1967#1522,255#3,2317
1966#1412,532#2,13214
1965#1332,865#2,47611
1964#1203,480#1,79320
1963#1183,700#1,74421
1962#1164,002#1,62524
1961#1104,320#2,24214
1960#984,882#1,85819
1959#885,446#1,75921
1958#786,043#1,67722
1957#696,896#1,51127
1956#647,337#1,88618
1955#547,852#1,68221
1954#547,996#1,55924
1953#597,004#1,67721
1952#626,553#1,93916
1951#656,185#1,83817
1950#695,376#1,87916
1949#665,371#1,50124
1948#625,556#1,43026
1947#655,654#1,78618
1946#605,183#2,5349
1945#544,557#1,63317
1944#524,710#1,98813
1943#505,206#1,25830
1942#505,253#1,49622
1941#494,955#1,09136
1940#445,198#1,15633
1939#425,040#1,00740
1938#395,292#1,06237
1937#385,450#96742
1936#375,699#1,14233
1935#375,232#1,16532
1934#375,583#93146
1933#355,770#96143
1932#336,476#1,00443
1931#306,881#1,21732
1930#297,688#83261
1929#267,785#93052
1928#248,161#1,07842
1927#238,497#1,02846
1926#258,509#1,01846
1925#268,280#1,20135
1924#258,479#1,49226
1923#238,440#1,30031
1922#238,791#1,15838
1921#209,352#1,76620
1920#209,011#1,54324
1919#199,195#1,20734
1918#179,568#1,17235
1917#169,783#1,07838
1916#159,605#1,04338
1915#169,375#1,41023
1914#157,574#88438
1913#146,171#1,25617
1912#155,431#1,26814
1911#144,151#66722
1910#163,837#75516
1909#173,374#54523
1908#163,382#52223
1907#173,116#47224
1906#172,901#52319
1905#182,724#57417
1904#172,631#76010
1903#182,478#57615
1902#202,444#9337
1901#202,212#7798
1900#182,844#78511
1899#212,197#54813
1898#202,436#8048
1897#192,316#61512
1896#202,341#72210
1895#212,262#7958
1894#222,126#9546
1893#232,012#7688
1892#222,023#49716
1891#221,696#9635
1890#251,725#7398
1889#261,550#58111
1888#271,590#7049
1887#301,242#8196
1886#261,261#8456
1885#251,164#6419
1884#301,060#9715
1883#33877#8925
1882#28886—
1881#31734—
1880#30700#7457
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Rose was already there! It came in at #30, and was given to 700 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1985–1997, when fewer than 970 girls a year got the name.

Where Rose is popular in 1991

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #121 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 479 girlsAKMaine: #212 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,202 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Rose, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Rose, so not publishedNHWashington: #249 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,345 girlsWAIdaho: #166 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 678 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Rose, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rose, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #183 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,099 girlsMNIllinois: #276 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 1,650 girlsILWisconsin: #186 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,095 girlsWIMichigan: #241 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 1,473 girlsMINew York: #242 for girls · 82 births · 1 in 1,451 girlsNYMassachusetts: #183 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 1,009 girlsMARhode Island: #174 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 878 girlsRIOregon: #257 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,404 girlsORNevada: #226 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,016 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Rose, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rose, so not publishedSDIowa: #415 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,101 girlsIAIndiana: #359 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,488 girlsINOhio: #299 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 2,127 girlsOHPennsylvania: #241 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 1,511 girlsPANew Jersey: #270 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,729 girlsNJConnecticut: #225 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,426 girlsCTCalifornia: #347 for girls · 134 births · 1 in 1,952 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Rose, so not publishedUTColorado: #295 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,735 girlsCONebraska: #211 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,110 girlsNEMissouri: #245 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,476 girlsMOKentucky: #453 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,577 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Rose, so not publishedWVVirginia: #343 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,306 girlsVAMaryland: #405 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,762 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Rose, so not publishedDEArizona: #380 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,150 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Rose, so not publishedNMKansas: #316 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,909 girlsKSArkansas: #292 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,720 girlsARTennessee: #495 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,802 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #420 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,065 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #475 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,212 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #227 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 837 girlsDCOklahoma: #436 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,843 girlsOKLouisiana: #699 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,010 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Rose, so not publishedMSAlabama: #504 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,678 girlsALGeorgia: #458 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,220 girlsGAHawaii: #268 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,009 girlsHITexas: #350 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 2,099 girlsTXFlorida: #416 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 2,828 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Alaska#121 · 1 in 479
  2. Idaho#166 · 1 in 678
  3. Rhode Island#174 · 1 in 878
  4. Massachusetts#183 · 1 in 1,009
  5. Minnesota#183 · 1 in 1,099

Best ever in a state: #3 in New York, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alaska#12171 in 479
Idaho#16681 in 678
Rhode Island#17461 in 878
Massachusetts#183361 in 1,009
Minnesota#183251 in 1,099
Wisconsin#186261 in 1,095
Nebraska#21181 in 1,110
Maine#21251 in 1,202
Connecticut#225131 in 1,426
Nevada#22671 in 1,016
District of Columbia#22771 in 837
Michigan#241411 in 1,473
Pennsylvania#241471 in 1,511
New York#242821 in 1,451
Missouri#245221 in 1,476
Washington#249231 in 1,345
Oregon#257121 in 1,404
Hawaii#26851 in 1,009
New Jersey#270271 in 1,729
Illinois#276471 in 1,650
Arkansas#29271 in 1,720
Colorado#295121 in 1,735
Ohio#299331 in 2,127
Kansas#31671 in 1,909
Virginia#343161 in 2,306
California#3471341 in 1,952
Texas#350651 in 2,099
Indiana#359141 in 2,488
Arizona#380121 in 2,150
Maryland#405101 in 2,762
Iowa#41551 in 3,101
Florida#416271 in 2,828
North Carolina#420131 in 3,065
Oklahoma#43661 in 2,843
Kentucky#45361 in 3,577
Georgia#458131 in 3,220
South Carolina#47561 in 3,212
Tennessee#49581 in 3,802
Alabama#50461 in 3,678
Louisiana#69951 in 5,010
Delaware———
Mississippi———
Montana———
New Hampshire———
New Mexico———
North Dakota———
South Dakota———
Utah———
Vermont———
West Virginia———
Wyoming———

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Rose
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • Held #114 since 2024
  • 2 spots since 2020 (#112 → #114)
  • 52 spots since 2015 (#166 → #114)
  • Biggest jump: 95 spots in 1998 (#392 → #297)
  • Biggest drop: 39 spots in 1996 (#337 → #376)
Rise & fade · girls
33 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1913 at #14 (6,171 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 52 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 81 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 81 yrs · run 1880–1960
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 99
  • Highest: 1 in 99 girls born in 1908 were named Rose (1.0%)
  • Latest: 1 in 674 girls born in 2025 (0.15%)
  • Its best rank, #14 in 1913, was only 1 in 101 (0.99%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 17.0% of all girls named Rose (85,305) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s11,064#25 (1885)#29
1890s21,134#19 (1897)#22
1900s28,106#16 (1908)#18
1910s74,690#14 (1913)#16
1920s85,305#20 (1921)#24
1930s59,111#29 (1930)#36
1940s51,643#44 (1940)#55
1950s66,688#54 (1954)#66
1960s31,859#98 (1960)#133
1970s11,388#183 (1970)#236
1980s9,832#225 (1980)#259
1990s8,488#277 (1999)#329
2000s9,569#299 (2000)#336
2010s17,522#115 (2019)#200
2020s14,187#112 (2020)#117

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Rose in 1991

girls
#309
884 births · 1 in 2,121 girls
boys
#5,096
10 births · 1 in 202,033 boys

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #309Rose884

Top boys' names in 1991

  1. #1Michael60,810
  2. #2Christopher47,111
  3. #3Matthew41,647
  4. #4Joshua41,226
  5. #5Andrew31,539
  6. #6Daniel30,935
  7. #7James30,514
  8. #8David30,416
  9. #9Joseph29,840
  10. #10John27,809
  11. #5,096Rose10
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 2,121 of them was named Rose, which outranked 98.0% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rose
  1. #306Karissa901
  2. #307Kassandra889
  3. #308Hanna886
  4. #309Rose884
  5. #310Regina873
  6. #311Brianne869
  7. #312Katlyn864
Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,600Rebeccah#2,600 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,221Ieshia#1,938 → #717
  3. ↑ 1,135Miriah#2,081 → #946
  4. ↑ 861Alexus#1,813 → #952
  5. ↑ 676Chynna#1,512 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Infant#432 → #1,000
  2. ↓ 510Lakeshia#897 → #1,407
  3. ↓ 466Latifah#701 → #1,167
  4. ↓ 432Martika#757 → #1,189
  5. ↓ 416Cecily#575 → #991

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 202,033 of them was named Rose, which outranked 47.2% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rose
  1. #4,760Yechezkel11
  2. #4,760Yisrael11
  3. #4,760Zeferino11
  4. #5,096Rose10
  5. #5,096Aarion10
  6. #5,096Abdon10
  7. #5,096Abhinav10
  8. #5,521Abdalla9
  9. #5,521Abdias9
  10. #5,521Abhay9

Tied with 424 names at #5,096; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,462Devante#5,382 → #920
  2. ↑ 1,656Unnamed#2,628 → #972
  3. ↑ 1,496Jaleel#2,373 → #877
  4. ↑ 811Gunnar#1,516 → #705
  5. ↑ 672Dijon#1,587 → #915
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,000Arsenio#744 → #1,744
  2. ↓ 773Brittany#995 → #1,768
  3. ↓ 281Infant#389 → #670
  4. ↓ 281Jarret#881 → #1,162
  5. ↓ 273Elton#963 → #1,236

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1991 →