first name
ROSS
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 59,341 people named Ross, 88.2% reported their origin as White, 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.3% as Black. 99% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Ross peaked in 1985, when 1,898 babies got the name.
At least 82,293 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.
Ross by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #335. The largest share of babies named Ross, 27.9%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
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 Ross is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ross has been most common in Hawaii (2.5×), North Dakota (2.2×), and Minnesota (2.1×), and least common in Delaware (0.2×).
75,190 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 Ross
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ross, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Ross ranks #99 of 156,621, with 224,952 people. See Ross as a last name
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