Roe

Roe was the #7,885 girls' name in the US in 2025 (13 babies), and #5,927 in England & Wales.

Roe as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Roe as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Roe as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & Wales
2025#7,885 (13)#5,927 (3)
2024#8,946 (11)#4,844 (4)
2023#6,409 (18)#2,928 (8)
2022#8,032 (13)#4,646 (4)
2021#6,691 (17)—
2019#15,539 (5)—
2018#9,151 (11)—
2017#9,943 (10)—
2016#9,411 (11)—
2014#14,558 (6)—
1961#6,567 (5)—
1958#6,103 (5)—
1957#6,086 (5)—
1956#4,467 (8)—
1955#3,778 (10)—

Roe as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Roe as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Roe as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & Wales
2025#8,910 (8)#3,684 (5)
2024#8,312 (9)#4,271 (4)
2023#6,220 (14)#4,992 (3)
2022#6,828 (12)—
2021#7,587 (10)#3,451 (5)
2020#9,554 (7)#2,228 (9)
2019—#4,702 (3)
2018#5,770 (15)#4,749 (3)
2017#7,546 (10)—
2016#8,816 (8)—
2011#10,808 (6)—
1998#9,631 (5)—
1977#5,845 (5)—
1975#4,797 (6)—
1974#5,227 (5)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1890 at #1,338.
  • First recorded in the US in 1890.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
  • In 2025, 62% of US babies named Roe were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 130,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 130,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 83,000rare
USBoys2025about 1 in 200,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 56,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Roe is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 140,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 95,000 to 1 in 200,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.