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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201945peak #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.

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 1945

girls
#54
4,557 births · 1 in 287 girls
boys
#1,633
17 births · 1 in 79,168 boys

Top girls' names in 1945

  1. #1Mary59,278
  2. #2Linda41,465
  3. #3Barbara38,273
  4. #4Patricia35,844
  5. #5Carol30,389
  6. #6Sandra24,700
  7. #7Nancy21,456
  8. #8Sharon20,838
  9. #9Judith20,192
  10. #10Susan19,222
  11. #54Rose4,557

Top boys' names in 1945

  1. #1James74,464
  2. #2Robert69,947
  3. #3John66,117
  4. #4William50,218
  5. #5Richard46,046
  6. #6David37,110
  7. #7Charles32,469
  8. #8Thomas31,874
  9. #9Michael29,902
  10. #10Ronald23,665
  11. #1,633Rose17
More about 1945

girls

1,307,090 girls got a published name in 1945; 1 in 287 of them was named Rose, which outranked 99.0% of the 5,242 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rose
  1. #51Carole4,842
  2. #52Gail4,832
  3. #53Joanne4,618
  4. #54Rose4,557
  5. #55Charlotte4,529
  6. #56Geraldine4,475
  7. #57Evelyn4,377
Biggest movers since 1944
Risers
  1. 799Lauren#1,153#354
  2. 707Amber#1,661#954
  3. 648Laureen#1,315#667
  4. 630Deidre#1,609#979
  5. 623Candice#1,364#741
Fallers
  1. 395Bernardine#937#1,332
  2. 386Joella#988#1,374
  3. 342Venita#937#1,279
  4. 275Magdalene#867#1,142
  5. 249Alpha#964#1,213

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

boys

1,345,855 boys got a published name in 1945; 1 in 79,168 of them was named Rose, which outranked 56.8% of the 3,783 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rose
  1. #1,581Winslow18
  2. #1,581Worth18
  3. #1,581Ysidro18
  4. #1,633Rose17
  5. #1,633Agapito17
  6. #1,633Berkley17
  7. #1,633Burnice17
  8. #1,697Alphonza16
  9. #1,697Andrea16
  10. #1,697Apolonio16

Tied with 63 names at #1,633; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1944
Risers
  1. 527Delano#1,085#558
  2. 499Dane#1,235#736
  3. 385Eusebio#1,328#943
  4. 371Erick#1,235#864
  5. 311Gerardo#1,282#971
Fallers
  1. 479Joan#870#1,349
  2. 408Kit#841#1,249
  3. 392Llewellyn#935#1,327
  4. 361Valentine#888#1,249
  5. 321Hilario#906#1,227

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

See the top 100 for 1945