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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201999peak #14, 1913girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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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 1999

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #141 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 393 girlsAKMaine: #204 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 881 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Rose, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #157 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 596 girlsNHWashington: #192 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 812 girlsWAIdaho: #303 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,197 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Rose, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rose, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #122 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 520 girlsMNIllinois: #273 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 1,369 girlsILWisconsin: #158 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 742 girlsWIMichigan: #250 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 1,350 girlsMINew York: #209 for girls · 96 births · 1 in 1,040 girlsNYMassachusetts: #144 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 653 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Rose, so not publishedRIOregon: #253 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,087 girlsORNevada: #379 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,537 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Rose, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #179 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 608 girlsSDIowa: #265 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,250 girlsIAIndiana: #231 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,145 girlsINOhio: #301 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 1,709 girlsOHPennsylvania: #232 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 1,233 girlsPANew Jersey: #181 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 848 girlsNJConnecticut: #197 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 852 girlsCTCalifornia: #258 for girls · 166 births · 1 in 1,320 girlsCAUtah: #294 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,277 girlsUTColorado: #236 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,048 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Rose, so not publishedNEMissouri: #214 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,045 girlsMOKentucky: #570 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,015 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Rose, so not publishedWVVirginia: #287 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,494 girlsVAMaryland: #255 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,260 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Rose, so not publishedDEArizona: #274 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,218 girlsAZNew Mexico: #282 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,158 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Rose, so not publishedKSArkansas: #453 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,356 girlsARTennessee: #517 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,402 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #419 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,500 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #329 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,697 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Rose, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #265 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,192 girlsOKLouisiana: #504 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,754 girlsLAMississippi: #361 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,687 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Rose, so not publishedALGeorgia: #411 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,287 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Rose, so not publishedHITexas: #435 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 2,495 girlsTXFlorida: #304 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 1,660 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Minnesota#122 · 1 in 520
  2. Alaska#141 · 1 in 393
  3. Massachusetts#144 · 1 in 653
  4. New Hampshire#157 · 1 in 596
  5. Wisconsin#158 · 1 in 742

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Minnesota#122481 in 520
Alaska#14161 in 393
Massachusetts#144481 in 653
New Hampshire#15781 in 596
Wisconsin#158341 in 742
South Dakota#17951 in 608
New Jersey#181491 in 848
Washington#192361 in 812
Connecticut#197181 in 852
Maine#20451 in 881
New York#209961 in 1,040
Missouri#214281 in 1,045
Indiana#231291 in 1,145
Pennsylvania#232471 in 1,233
Colorado#236221 in 1,048
Michigan#250381 in 1,350
Oregon#253151 in 1,087
Maryland#255191 in 1,260
California#2581661 in 1,320
Iowa#265111 in 1,250
Oklahoma#265141 in 1,192
Illinois#273511 in 1,369
Arizona#274251 in 1,218
New Mexico#28271 in 1,158
Virginia#287231 in 1,494
Utah#294131 in 1,277
Ohio#301361 in 1,709
Idaho#30351 in 1,197
Florida#304451 in 1,660
South Carolina#329101 in 1,697
Mississippi#36171 in 1,687
Nevada#37961 in 1,537
Georgia#411201 in 2,287
North Carolina#419171 in 2,500
Texas#435591 in 2,495
Arkansas#45351 in 2,356
Louisiana#50481 in 2,754
Tennessee#51791 in 3,402
Kentucky#57051 in 4,015
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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 1999

girls
#277
1,132 births · 1 in 1,567 girls

Top girls' names in 1999

  1. #1Emily26,542
  2. #2Hannah21,679
  3. #3Alexis19,237
  4. #4Sarah19,119
  5. #5Samantha19,044
  6. #6Ashley18,136
  7. #7Madison18,054
  8. #8Taylor16,906
  9. #9Jessica16,350
  10. #10Elizabeth15,350
  11. #277Rose1,132
More about 1999

girls

1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 1,567 of them was named Rose, which outranked 98.4% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rose
  1. #274Madeleine1,141
  2. #275Meredith1,140
  3. #276Carmen1,139
  4. #277Rose1,132
  5. #277Deanna1,132
  6. #279Alissa1,121
  7. #280Makenna1,114
  8. #280Vivian1,114

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,407Citlalli#2,338 → #931
  2. ↑ 1,329Noelia#2,048 → #719
  3. ↑ 1,060Amaya#1,458 → #398
  4. ↑ 864Kyara#1,789 → #925
  5. ↑ 604Journey#1,557 → #953
Fallers
  1. ↓ 579Erykah#779 → #1,358
  2. ↓ 417Tea#747 → #1,164
  3. ↓ 415Tasia#800 → #1,215
  4. ↓ 406Monika#930 → #1,336
  5. ↓ 357Chase#952 → #1,309

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

See the top 100 for 1999 →