Primrose
Girl · PRIM-rohz · English
Primrose is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “first rose”. In 2025 it ranked 206th for girls in the UK (262 babies) and 2,542nd for girls in the US (69 babies).
What does Primrose mean?
English: flower name, from medieval Latin prima rosa
“first rose”
The pale yellow primrose is among the first wild flowers of spring in Britain.
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Is Primrose a girl's or a boy's name?
Primrose is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 262 girls in the UK and 69 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Primrose in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #206among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 262about 1 in 1,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- 1.3%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 262 girls in the UK were named Primrose, making it the 206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 171st. Its busiest year was 2020, with 323 girls.
Half of all the girls named Primrose in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 196th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Primrose in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 262 | #206 |
| 2024 | 279 | #192 |
| 2023 | 251 | #211 |
| 2022 | 307 | #183 |
| 2021 | 320 | #179 |
| 2020 | 323 | #171 |
| 2019 | 222 | #241 |
| 2018 | 244 | #229 |
| 2017 | 243 | #231 |
| 2016 | 223 | #254 |
| 2015 | 195 | #278 |
| 2014 | 93 | #508 |
| 2013 | 67 | #664 |
| 2012 | 37 | #1,041 |
| 2011 | 31 | #1,165 |
| 2010 | 27 | #1,262 |
| 2009 | 23 | #1,360 |
| 2008 | 17 | #1,679 |
| 2007 | 25 | #1,204 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,559 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Primrose in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,542among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 69about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 69 girls in the US were named Primrose, making it the 2,542nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,135th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 93 girls. It first appears in the records in 1914.
2025 had fewer girls named Primrose than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Primrose in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Primrose in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 69 | #2,542 |
| 2024 | 91 | #2,099 |
| 2023 | 91 | #2,107 |
| 2022 | 88 | #2,156 |
| 2021 | 93 | #2,057 |
| 2020 | 85 | #2,135 |
| 2019 | 87 | #2,140 |
| 2018 | 77 | #2,361 |
| 2017 | 59 | #2,835 |
| 2016 | 59 | #2,866 |
| 2015 | 51 | #3,211 |
| 2014 | 42 | #3,650 |
| 2013 | 35 | #4,154 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,501 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,053 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,000 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,640 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,163 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,711 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
Nicknames for Primrose
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