Girls' name · since 1914
Primrose
1,033 babies named Primrose in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,348 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,546 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,033
- born since 1914
- 2020s
- peak decade
1,033 babies have been named Primrose since 1914, making it today's #2546 girls' name.
Primrose has 1,033 recorded births among girls since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2546 as of the latest data, more common than 85% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2025.
- #7,348 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,546 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,033 born since 1914
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Primrose ranks #7,348 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,546 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,033 born since 1914, peaking in the 2020s.
- #7,348 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,546 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,033
- born since 1914
- 2020s
- peak decade
Primrose's 1,033 recorded births place it above 89.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
16 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Primrose compares
1,033 Top 32% higher than 68% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Primrose's all-time total is 175% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Primrose | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,033 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 93 | 21 | 19,840 |
Primrose's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Primrose's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 91% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 9%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1914, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 93, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Primrose popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 93
- Annual births at peak, across 112 years of records
Primrose by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (517 births, 50% of the file).
2020s was Primrose's strongest decade.
517 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Primrose births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 17
1910s
17 births
- 1920s 30
1920s
30 births
- 1930s 19
1930s
19 births
- 1940s 7
1940s
7 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
427 births
- 2020s
2020s
517 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 517 births (50% of all-time use).
How Primrose compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Primrose's total volume
Primrose by state
Where Primrose concentrates geographically, total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 93 | 9.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 53 | 5.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 35 | 3.4% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 23 | 2.2% |
| #5 | Missouri | | 16 | 1.5% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 15 | 1.5% |
| #7 | Arizona | | 13 | 1.3% |
| #8 | New York | | 12 | 1.2% |
93 of 1,033 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Primrose appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Primrose's data
- California records the most Primroses (93 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Primrose: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~111 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1914–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Primrose draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.