Rose
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ROHZ
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #66 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #114 for girls
- Style
- Vintage revival
Rose is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “rose”. In 2025 it ranked 66th for girls in the UK (758 babies) and 114th for girls in the US (2,386 babies).
What does Rose mean?
Latin: flower name from Latin rosa; the medieval name may be Germanic
“rose”
Long linked with the flower, though its medieval Norman ancestor, Rohese, probably came from Germanic words for fame or horse.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Rose a girl's or a boy's name?
Rose is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 758 girls in the UK and 2,386 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rose in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 66th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 758 about 1 in 370 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 3.7% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 758 girls in the UK were named Rose, making it the 66th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 64th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 1,104 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Rose than any year since 2010.
Half of all the girls named Rose in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 67th in England and Wales, 71st in Scotland and 57th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#29), 1914 (#30), 1924 (#44), 1934 (#64), 2014 (#62) and 2024 (#59).
Rose in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 758 | #66 |
| 2024 | 852 | #57 |
| 2023 | 893 | #56 |
| 2022 | 1,005 | #52 |
| 2021 | 901 | #67 |
| 2020 | 916 | #64 |
| 2019 | 1,034 | #58 |
| 2018 | 1,084 | #55 |
| 2017 | 1,048 | #62 |
| 2016 | 1,104 | #62 |
| 2015 | 1,032 | #66 |
| 2014 | 1,097 | #62 |
| 2013 | 916 | #72 |
| 2012 | 870 | #77 |
| 2011 | 860 | #81 |
| 2010 | 735 | #88 |
| 2009 | 679 | #95 |
| 2008 | 627 | #101 |
| 2007 | 624 | #96 |
| 2006 | 521 | #115 |
| 2005 | 485 | #122 |
| 2004 | 381 | #159 |
| 2003 | 393 | #145 |
| 2002 | 348 | #148 |
| 2001 | 344 | #151 |
| 2000 | 336 | #153 |
| 1999 | 335 | #156 |
| 1998 | 275 | #176 |
| 1997 | 243 | #204 |
| 1996 | 254 | #187 |
How popular is Rose in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 114th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 2,386 about 1 in 670 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 2,386 girls in the US were named Rose, making it the 114th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 112th. Its busiest year was 1917, with 9,783 girls.
Half of all the girls named Rose in the US since 1880 were born between 1918 and 1956, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rose in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,386 | #114 |
| 2024 | 2,394 | #114 |
| 2023 | 2,252 | #124 |
| 2022 | 2,373 | #119 |
| 2021 | 2,402 | #116 |
| 2020 | 2,380 | #112 |
| 2019 | 2,539 | #115 |
| 2018 | 2,457 | #123 |
| 2017 | 2,079 | #141 |
| 2016 | 2,041 | #151 |
| 2015 | 1,956 | #166 |
| 2014 | 1,702 | #194 |
| 2013 | 1,429 | #225 |
| 2012 | 1,253 | #258 |
| 2011 | 1,101 | #289 |
| 2010 | 965 | #334 |
| 2009 | 941 | #349 |
| 2008 | 975 | #340 |
| 2007 | 942 | #348 |
| 2006 | 961 | #343 |
| 2005 | 968 | #331 |
| 2004 | 896 | #353 |
| 2003 | 854 | #358 |
| 2002 | 922 | #329 |
| 2001 | 1,030 | #308 |
| 2000 | 1,080 | #299 |
| 1999 | 1,132 | #277 |
| 1998 | 1,019 | #297 |
| 1997 | 666 | #392 |
| 1996 | 703 | #376 |
| 1995 | 787 | #337 |
| 1994 | 792 | #339 |
| 1993 | 745 | #342 |
| 1992 | 859 | #318 |
| 1991 | 884 | #309 |
| 1990 | 901 | #307 |
| 1989 | 893 | #293 |
| 1988 | 866 | #286 |
| 1987 | 836 | #291 |
| 1986 | 823 | #297 |
| 1985 | 967 | #259 |
| 1984 | 1,058 | #238 |
| 1983 | 1,061 | #233 |
| 1982 | 1,096 | #232 |
| 1981 | 1,098 | #231 |
| 1980 | 1,134 | #225 |
| 1979 | 921 | #264 |
| 1978 | 916 | #258 |
| 1977 | 965 | #257 |
| 1976 | 972 | #244 |
| 1975 | 946 | #257 |
| 1974 | 1,057 | #243 |
| 1973 | 1,093 | #234 |
| 1972 | 1,309 | #211 |
| 1971 | 1,431 | #210 |
| 1970 | 1,778 | #183 |
| 1969 | 1,872 | #172 |
| 1968 | 1,951 | #165 |
| 1967 | 2,255 | #152 |
| 1966 | 2,532 | #141 |
| 1965 | 2,865 | #133 |
| 1964 | 3,480 | #120 |
| 1963 | 3,700 | #118 |
| 1962 | 4,002 | #116 |
| 1961 | 4,320 | #110 |
| 1960 | 4,882 | #98 |
| 1959 | 5,446 | #88 |
| 1958 | 6,043 | #78 |
| 1957 | 6,896 | #69 |
| 1956 | 7,337 | #64 |
| 1955 | 7,852 | #54 |
| 1954 | 7,996 | #54 |
| 1953 | 7,004 | #59 |
| 1952 | 6,553 | #62 |
| 1951 | 6,185 | #65 |
| 1950 | 5,376 | #69 |
| 1949 | 5,371 | #66 |
| 1948 | 5,556 | #62 |
| 1947 | 5,654 | #65 |
| 1946 | 5,183 | #60 |
| 1945 | 4,557 | #54 |
| 1944 | 4,710 | #52 |
| 1943 | 5,206 | #50 |
| 1942 | 5,253 | #50 |
| 1941 | 4,955 | #49 |
| 1940 | 5,198 | #44 |
| 1939 | 5,040 | #42 |
| 1938 | 5,292 | #39 |
| 1937 | 5,450 | #38 |
| 1936 | 5,699 | #37 |
| 1935 | 5,232 | #37 |
| 1934 | 5,583 | #37 |
| 1933 | 5,770 | #35 |
| 1932 | 6,476 | #33 |
| 1931 | 6,881 | #30 |
| 1930 | 7,688 | #29 |
| 1929 | 7,785 | #26 |
| 1928 | 8,161 | #24 |
| 1927 | 8,497 | #23 |
| 1926 | 8,509 | #25 |
| 1925 | 8,280 | #26 |
| 1924 | 8,479 | #25 |
| 1923 | 8,440 | #23 |
| 1922 | 8,791 | #23 |
| 1921 | 9,352 | #20 |
| 1920 | 9,011 | #20 |
| 1919 | 9,195 | #19 |
| 1918 | 9,568 | #17 |
| 1917 | 9,783 | #16 |
| 1916 | 9,605 | #15 |
| 1915 | 9,375 | #16 |
| 1914 | 7,574 | #15 |
| 1913 | 6,171 | #14 |
| 1912 | 5,431 | #15 |
| 1911 | 4,151 | #14 |
| 1910 | 3,837 | #16 |
| 1909 | 3,374 | #17 |
| 1908 | 3,382 | #16 |
| 1907 | 3,116 | #17 |
| 1906 | 2,901 | #17 |
| 1905 | 2,724 | #18 |
| 1904 | 2,631 | #17 |
| 1903 | 2,478 | #18 |
| 1902 | 2,444 | #20 |
| 1901 | 2,212 | #20 |
| 1900 | 2,844 | #18 |
| 1899 | 2,197 | #21 |
| 1898 | 2,436 | #20 |
| 1897 | 2,316 | #19 |
| 1896 | 2,341 | #20 |
| 1895 | 2,262 | #21 |
| 1894 | 2,126 | #22 |
| 1893 | 2,012 | #23 |
| 1892 | 2,023 | #22 |
| 1891 | 1,696 | #22 |
| 1890 | 1,725 | #25 |
| 1889 | 1,550 | #26 |
| 1888 | 1,590 | #27 |
| 1887 | 1,242 | #30 |
| 1886 | 1,261 | #26 |
| 1885 | 1,164 | #25 |
| 1884 | 1,060 | #30 |
| 1883 | 877 | #33 |
| 1882 | 886 | #28 |
| 1881 | 734 | #31 |
| 1880 | 700 | #30 |
Nicknames for Rose
- Rosie 1,589 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Rose
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Florence, Beatrice, Olive, Rosie, Clara, Elsie, Annie, Nora, Mabel, Rosa, Eva, Alice
Names related to Rose
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Luna, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Anthony, Austin, Felix, Camila
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rose: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rose, updated 20 October 2026.