Rose — #115 US girls' name
498,158 babies named Rose in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99.3% of names given to girls today.
17% of everyone ever named Rose was born in this single decade.
9,783 babies were named Rose in 1917 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rose
The Social Security Administration has registered 498,158 babies named Rose between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rose currently holds the #115 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 9,783 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rose performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 85,305 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Rose shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 68,490 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Rose in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rose 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 498,158 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.
Rose at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Rose popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1917)
- 9,783
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #115 among girls.
498,158 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1917 with 9,783 births in a single year.
Rose popularity over time — boys
2,118 total births recorded since 1880 (Rose as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Rose accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Rose by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 85,305 births that decade — 17% of Rose's all-time total
Rose decade highlights
- Peak decade 85,305 births
- Runner-up 74,690 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Rose's strongest decade
85,305 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 17% of all-time use.
Rose by state
Where Rose concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 68,490 | 13.7% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 41,952 | 8.4% |
| #3 | California | | 25,545 | 5.1% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 24,952 | 5.0% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 21,555 | 4.3% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 20,433 | 4.1% |
| #7 | Texas | | 20,110 | 4.0% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 16,603 | 3.3% |
68,490 of 498,158 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 13.7% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 8.4% of nationwide
- California 5.1% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.0% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 13.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Rose appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.