How common is the name Rose?

196,309 people in the United States have the first name Rose, about 1 in 1,539. It ranks #283 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ROSE

#283

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
196,309
About
1 in 1,539
This common or more
47.9%
Who bears it

Of the 196,309 people named Rose, 64.1% reported their origin as White, 14.9% as Black and 13.2% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Rose peaked in 1917, when 9,821 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1917
Births that year
9,821
In 2025*
2,386 ▼76%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 502,704 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Rose by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #26. The largest share of babies named Rose, 33.8%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#4511,122
1890s#3421,228
1900s#2628,263
1910s#3174,965
1920s#4885,665
1930s#6959,520
1940s#10851,871
1950s#12166,891
1960s#24232,006
1970s#43911,453
1980s#5009,909
1990s#6448,508
2000s#6579,569
2010s#40917,533
2020s#28514,201
Before 19017%
Greatest Generation 1901–2733.8%
Silent Generation 1928–4521%
Baby boom 1946–6421.7%
Generation X 1965–804.8%
Millennials 1981–962.9%
Generation Z 1997–123.1%
2013 and later5.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Rose is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rose has been most common in New York (2×), Rhode Island (1.9×), and Pennsylvania (1.8×), and least common in Nevada (0.44×).

438,849 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Rose

#281 Norma · 197,653#282 Danny · 197,114#284 Jayden · 195,732#285 Jill · 194,537

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rose, most common first.

#213 Rosa · 254,275#807 Ross · 59,341#1,196 Rosie · 32,764#4,860 Rosy · 3,693#11,967 Rosi · 1,055#13,361 Rosey · 906#21,875 Ros · 460#37,938 Roge · 204

Also a last name

As a last name, Rose ranks #179 of 156,621, with 149,763 people. See Rose as a last name

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