Rose Girl
How popular is Rose?
#114 girl name in 2025
2,386 baby girls were named Rose in the US in 2025, making it the 114th most popular girl name.
Rose popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #114 for girls |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 2,386 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+22% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #166 in 2015, #112 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1917 (9,783 girls) |
| Highest rank | #14 in 1911 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Rose counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Rose family of names ranked #141 for girls in 2025 (#139 the year before), with 2,400 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Rose | 2,386 | 99% |
| Rosse | 7 | 0% |
| Roz | 7 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Rose is most popular
Babies named Rose per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 4.7 per 1,000 (56 girls)
- Wyoming: 4.0 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- Rhode Island: 3.8 per 1,000 (47 girls)
- Alaska: 3.7 per 1,000 (32 girls)
- Maine: 3.6 per 1,000 (56 girls)
Rose by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11,064 | #25 |
| 1890s | 21,134 | #19 |
| 1900s | 28,106 | #16 |
| 1910s | 74,690 | #14 |
| 1920s | 85,305 | #20 |
| 1930s | 59,111 | #29 |
| 1940s | 51,643 | #44 |
| 1950s | 66,688 | #54 |
| 1960s | 31,859 | #98 |
| 1970s | 11,388 | #183 |
| 1980s | 9,832 | #225 |
| 1990s | 8,488 | #277 |
| 2000s | 9,569 | #299 |
| 2010s | 17,522 | #115 |
| 2020s | 14,187 | #112 |
Girl names about as popular as Rose
Questions
- Is Rose a boy or girl name?
- Rose is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Rose were girls.
- How popular is the name Rose?
- 2,386 baby girls were named Rose in the US in 2025, making it the 114th most popular girl name.
- When was Rose most popular?
- Rose peaked in 1917, when 9,783 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #14, held for 2 years starting in 1911.
- How many people are named Rose?
- 502,704 babies have been named Rose in the US since 1880. We estimate about 204,111 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 67.
- Where is Rose most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Rose was most common in District of Columbia, at 4.7 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.