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Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Rose

Gender

Male

Origin

Greek
Of The Rose Blossom

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Rose

More about the name

Rose is a female given name. It is a late Latin name derived from rosa, meaning "rose". Variants are Rosa, Rosario, Rosie, Rosalba, Rosalie, Rosalia, Rosina, Rosaria, Rosalyn and Rosalina.
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Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1930 (rank #832, 61 births); most recent 2023 (rank #9752, 7 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1917 (rank #16, 9,784 births); most recent 2025 (rank #114, 2,386 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–2,386
2024–2,376
202372,249
2022–2,370
2021–2,400
202072,379
2019–2,537
2018–2,456
201762,079
201652,037

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2014 (rank #62, 990 births); most recent 2025 (rank #67, 666 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
2025666
2024742
2023784
2022881
2021787
2020803
2019923
2018960
2017932
2016974

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1913 (rank #373, 13 births); most recent 2002 (rank #3742, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2018 (rank #9, 2,720 births); most recent 2023 (rank #6, 2,375 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
2023–2,375
2022–2,691
2021–2,702
2020–2,668
2019–2,701
2018–2,720
2017–2,508
2016–2,448
2015–2,308
2014–2,204

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 1966 (rank #50, 141 births); most recent 2025 (rank #59, 84 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
202584
202477
202391
202286
202184
202073
201974
201893
201796
201684

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2018 (rank #53, 89 births); most recent 2025 (rank #71, 58 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
202558
202467
202365
202279
202163
202080
201974
201889
201769
201673

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2016 (rank #37, 57 births); most recent 2025 (rank #57, 34 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearGirls
202534
202443
202344
202245
202151
202033
201937
201835
201747
201657

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 2019 (rank #57, 53 births); most recent 2023 (rank #83, 33 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
202333
202242
202143
202033
201953
201845
201740
201636
201523
201430

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence