NameTides

Rose

Rose was the #114 girls' name in the US in 2025 (2,386 babies), and #67 in England & Wales and #31 in Canada.

Rose as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Rose as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandIrelandCanadaScotlandEngland & WalesUS
Rose as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#114 (2,386)#67 (666)#71 (58)#57 (34)#59 (84)#31 (527)#70 (101)#95 (68)
2024#114 (2,394)#59 (742)#63 (67)#41 (43)#70 (77)#38 (511)#82 (87)#81 (77)
2023#124 (2,252)#55 (784)#64 (65)#47 (44)#63 (91)#32 (564)#73 (90)#100 (52)
2022#119 (2,373)#54 (881)#56 (79)#48 (45)#62 (86)#30 (606)#74 (92)#79 (73)
2021#116 (2,402)#68 (787)#70 (63)#42 (51)#70 (84)#30 (640)#77 (94)#77 (80)
2020#112 (2,380)#61 (803)#55 (80)#63 (33)#72 (73)#38 (555)#65 (111)#65 (88)
2019#115 (2,539)#56 (923)#64 (74)#60 (37)#79 (74)#31 (643)#73 (94)#84 (72)
2018#123 (2,457)#55 (960)#53 (89)#67 (35)#68 (93)#35 (598)#52 (123)#60 (84)
2017#141 (2,079)#60 (932)#65 (69)#44 (47)#65 (96)#37 (592)#75 (95)#73 (73)
2016#151 (2,041)#62 (974)#70 (73)#37 (57)#77 (84)#46 (535)#54 (118)#66 (78)
2015#166 (1,956)#65 (926)#76 (67)#62 (39)#75 (90)#57 (459)#82 (90)#73 (66)
2014#194 (1,702)#62 (990)#78 (66)#55 (41)#85 (79)#61 (427)#75 (99)#65 (75)
2013#225 (1,429)#68 (823)#83 (58)#67 (35)#74 (87)#70 (382)#77 (94)#57 (87)
2012#258 (1,253)#78 (764)#83 (60)#55 (46)#100 (64)#67 (380)#54 (126)#70 (72)
2011#289 (1,101)#76 (764)#78 (68)#89 (28)#113 (56)#80 (326)#67 (102)#93 (58)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1908 at #16.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 670 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 670common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 380common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 310common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 210common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 250common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 280common

Next year

On its recent trend, Rose is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 680 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 650 to 1 in 710.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Rose by state, 2025Alaska: #90AKMaine: #68MEWisconsin: #115WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #52NHWashington: #84WAIdaho: #117IDMontana: #105MTNorth Dakota: #117NDMinnesota: #60MNIllinois: #100ILMichigan: #76MINew York: #69NYMassachusetts: #63MAOregon: #72ORNevada: #235NVWyoming: #79WYSouth Dakota: #68SDIowa: #186IAIndiana: #145INOhio: #132OHPennsylvania: #83PANew Jersey: #79NJConnecticut: #102CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #120CAUtah: #102UTColorado: #107CONebraska: #95NEMissouri: #104MOKentucky: #185KYWest Virginia: #139WVVirginia: #117VAMaryland: #106MDDelaware: #82DEArizona: #199AZNew Mexico: #159NMKansas: #163KSArkansas: #119ARTennessee: #171TNNorth Carolina: #163NCSouth Carolina: #178SCDistrict of Columbia: #43DCOklahoma: #143OKLouisiana: #152LAMississippi: #196MSAlabama: #348ALGeorgia: #163GAHawaii: #54HITexas: #202TXFlorida: #155FL
Rose (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#13272
Ontario2024#63139

Rose (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RoseCanadaGirls#31527
RoseCanadaBoys—too few
RoseEngland & WalesGirls#67666
RoseIrelandGirls#5984
RoseNorthern IrelandGirls#5734
RoseNSWGirls#70101
RoseScotlandGirls#7158
RoseUSGirls#1142,386
RoseUSBoys—too few
RoseVICGirls#9568