Primrose — #2097 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Primrose

The Social Security Administration has registered 963 babies named Primrose between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Primrose currently holds the #2097 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 93 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Primrose performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 448 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Primrose shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 87 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Primrose in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Primrose in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 963 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.