Ross
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194 · #1,459 for boys in 2025, 122 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1889 · 115 births
- Debut · boys
- 69 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 81,872since 1880
Ross over time
Rank among boys' names. Ross has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,459 | 122 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,359 | 139 | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #1,518 | 116 |
| 2022 | — | #1,278 | 151 | |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | #1,280 | 148 |
| 2020 | — | #1,320 | 136 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,340 | 134 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,107 | 177 | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #1,159 | 162 |
| 2016 | — | #1,037 | 191 | |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | #1,162 | 160 |
| 2014 | — | #1,064 | 185 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,008 | 194 | |
| 2012 | — | #949 | 212 | |
| 2011 | — | #932 | 214 | |
| 2010 | — | #920 | 219 | |
| 2009 | — | #909 | 227 | |
| 2008 | — | #842 | 258 | |
| 2007 | — | #809 | 263 | |
| 2006 | — | #748 | 283 | |
| 2005 | — | #672 | 313 | |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #611 | 351 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #582 | 378 |
| 2002 | — | #530 | 425 | |
| 2001 | — | #470 | 503 | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #434 | 561 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #386 | 667 |
| 1998 | — | #340 | 789 | |
| 1997 | — | #331 | 796 | |
| 1996 | — | #271 | 1,041 | |
| 1995 | — | #268 | 1,047 | |
| 1994 | — | #311 | 838 | |
| 1993 | — | #295 | 942 | |
| 1992 | — | #231 | 1,277 | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #215 | 1,446 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #190 | 1,619 |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 | #168 | 1,787 |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 | #158 | 1,768 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #162 | 1,666 |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 | #152 | 1,775 |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 | #147 | 1,884 |
| 1984 | #4,966 | 14 | #155 | 1,744 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | #186 | 1,343 |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 | #178 | 1,465 |
| 1981 | — | #200 | 1,240 | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #230 | 1,038 |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 | #227 | 1,002 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #229 | 919 |
| 1977 | — | #250 | 822 | |
| 1976 | — | #278 | 680 | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #282 | 678 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | #279 | 674 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 | #265 | 715 |
| 1972 | — | #274 | 708 | |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #261 | 857 |
| 1970 | — | #258 | 881 | |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #244 | 885 |
| 1968 | — | #245 | 844 | |
| 1967 | — | #252 | 797 | |
| 1966 | — | #234 | 916 | |
| 1965 | — | #233 | 987 | |
| 1964 | — | #236 | 1,023 | |
| 1963 | #3,635 | 13 | #224 | 1,127 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #226 | 1,134 |
| 1961 | — | #246 | 1,024 | |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | #248 | 1,044 |
| 1959 | — | #248 | 1,027 | |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 | #242 | 1,032 |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #247 | 954 |
| 1956 | — | #233 | 991 | |
| 1955 | — | #224 | 1,028 | |
| 1954 | — | #219 | 1,000 | |
| 1953 | — | #221 | 921 | |
| 1952 | — | #218 | 908 | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #220 | 883 |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #236 | 769 |
| 1949 | — | #233 | 763 | |
| 1948 | — | #239 | 720 | |
| 1947 | — | #231 | 790 | |
| 1946 | — | #238 | 650 | |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #240 | 555 |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | #240 | 564 |
| 1943 | — | #242 | 584 | |
| 1942 | — | #241 | 556 | |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #245 | 513 |
| 1940 | — | #260 | 458 | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #240 | 480 |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | #245 | 479 |
| 1937 | — | #249 | 465 | |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #239 | 475 |
| 1935 | — | #261 | 427 | |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #255 | 443 |
| 1933 | — | #258 | 414 | |
| 1932 | — | #265 | 423 | |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | #253 | 452 |
| 1930 | — | #251 | 500 | |
| 1929 | — | #274 | 414 | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #255 | 483 |
| 1927 | — | #268 | 453 | |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #244 | 530 |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | #235 | 559 |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | #230 | 588 |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #229 | 575 |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 | #233 | 576 |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 | #248 | 514 |
| 1920 | — | #229 | 548 | |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 | #219 | 569 |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | #216 | 569 |
| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 | #220 | 503 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #233 | 457 |
| 1915 | — | #226 | 451 | |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #222 | 360 |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | #215 | 300 |
| 1912 | — | #223 | 240 | |
| 1911 | — | #209 | 140 | |
| 1910 | — | #229 | 103 | |
| 1909 | — | #244 | 81 | |
| 1908 | — | #204 | 99 | |
| 1907 | — | #233 | 76 | |
| 1906 | — | #200 | 88 | |
| 1905 | — | #223 | 74 | |
| 1904 | — | #216 | 73 | |
| 1903 | — | #220 | 67 | |
| 1902 | — | #185 | 90 | |
| 1901 | — | #197 | 72 | |
| 1900 | — | #216 | 83 | |
| 1899 | — | #158 | 95 | |
| 1898 | — | #199 | 75 | |
| 1897 | — | #212 | 62 | |
| 1896 | — | #196 | 83 | |
| 1895 | — | #198 | 73 | |
| 1894 | — | #140 | 110 | |
| 1893 | — | #191 | 76 | |
| 1892 | — | #175 | 90 | |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 | #152 | 86 |
| 1890 | — | #141 | 101 | |
| 1889 | — | #122 | 115 | |
| 1888 | — | #166 | 90 | |
| 1887 | — | #149 | 85 | |
| 1886 | — | #126 | 107 | |
| 1885 | — | #126 | 109 | |
| 1884 | — | #130 | 110 | |
| 1883 | — | #147 | 88 | |
| 1882 | — | #143 | 96 | |
| 1881 | — | #151 | 82 | |
| 1880 | — | #184 | 69 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Ross was already there! It came in at #184, and was given to 69 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1895–1898, when fewer than 84 boys a year got the name.
See more about Ross
- 100 spots since 2024 (#1,359 → #1,459)
- 139 spots since 2020 (#1,320 → #1,459)
- 297 spots since 2015 (#1,162 → #1,459)
- Biggest jump: 51 spots in 1894 (#191 → #140)
- Biggest drop: 76 spots in 2006 (#672 → #748)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1889 at #122 (115 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 133 yrs · run 1880–2012
- Highest: 1 in 962 boys born in 1889 were named Ross (0.10%)
- Latest: 1 in 14,001 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 19.2% of all boys named Ross (15,710) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 951 | #122 (1889) | #144 |
| 1890s | 851 | #140 (1894) | #176 |
| 1900s | 803 | #185 (1902) | #214 |
| 1910s | 3,692 | #209 (1911) | #221 |
| 1920s | 5,240 | #229 (1923) | #245 |
| 1930s | 4,558 | #239 (1936) | #252 |
| 1940s | 6,153 | #231 (1947) | #241 |
| 1950s | 9,513 | #218 (1952) | #231 |
| 1960s | 9,781 | #224 (1963) | #239 |
| 1970s | 7,936 | #227 (1979) | #260 |
| 1980s | 15,710 | #147 (1985) | #174 |
| 1990s | 10,462 | #190 (1990) | #284 |
| 2000s | 3,562 | #434 (2000) | #661 |
| 2010s | 1,848 | #920 (2010) | #1,068 |
| 2020s | 812 | #1,278 (2022) | #1,369 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ross in 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 122,916 of them was named Ross, which outranked 59.4% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,860Young15
- #4,860Zenia15
- #4,860Zulay15
- #5,077Ross14
- #5,077Abigayle14
- #5,077Adelia14
- #5,077Adrena14
- #5,348Abeer13
- #5,348Adrain13
- #5,348Adreana13
Tied with 270 names at #5,077; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 981 of them was named Ross, which outranked 98.1% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.