Ross
Boy · ROS · Scottish
Big in ScotlandBig in Northern Ireland
Ross is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “headland”. In 2025 it ranked 1,033rd for boys in the UK (32 babies) and 1,459th for boys in the US (122 babies).
What does Ross mean?
Scottish: from Gaelic ros
“headland”
From Gaelic ros, headland, and the Highland region of Ross; it is also the name of a Scottish clan.
- Say it
- ROS
More on Wiktionary.
Is Ross a girl's or a boy's name?
Ross is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 boys in the UK and 122 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ross in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,033among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 9,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 32 boys in the UK were named Ross, making it the 1,033rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 751st. Its busiest year was 1997, with 1,956 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ross in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2004. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales, 243rd in Scotland and 395th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1984 (#60) and 1994 (#64).
Ross in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #1,033 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,528 |
| 2023 | 34 | #986 |
| 2022 | 40 | #863 |
| 2021 | 42 | #844 |
| 2020 | 48 | #751 |
| 2019 | 65 | #625 |
| 2018 | 105 | #440 |
| 2017 | 108 | #443 |
| 2016 | 126 | #401 |
| 2015 | 150 | #349 |
| 2014 | 132 | #366 |
| 2013 | 131 | #360 |
| 2012 | 177 | #294 |
| 2011 | 177 | #292 |
| 2010 | 261 | #220 |
| 2009 | 340 | #181 |
| 2008 | 343 | #172 |
| 2007 | 429 | #143 |
| 2006 | 471 | #130 |
| 2005 | 522 | #122 |
| 2004 | 661 | #98 |
| 2003 | 774 | #85 |
| 2002 | 904 | #75 |
| 2001 | 999 | #68 |
| 2000 | 1,206 | #59 |
| 1999 | 1,632 | #48 |
| 1998 | 1,768 | #48 |
| 1997 | 1,956 | #45 |
| 1996 | 1,644 | #50 |
How popular is Ross in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,459among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 122about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 122 boys in the US were named Ross, making it the 1,459th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,320th. Its busiest year was 1985, with 1,884 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ross in the US since 1880 were born between 1947 and 1987, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ross in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 122 | #1,459 |
| 2024 | 139 | #1,359 |
| 2023 | 116 | #1,518 |
| 2022 | 151 | #1,278 |
| 2021 | 148 | #1,280 |
| 2020 | 136 | #1,320 |
| 2019 | 134 | #1,340 |
| 2018 | 177 | #1,107 |
| 2017 | 162 | #1,159 |
| 2016 | 191 | #1,037 |
| 2015 | 160 | #1,162 |
| 2014 | 185 | #1,064 |
| 2013 | 194 | #1,008 |
| 2012 | 212 | #949 |
| 2011 | 214 | #932 |
| 2010 | 219 | #920 |
| 2009 | 227 | #909 |
| 2008 | 258 | #842 |
| 2007 | 263 | #809 |
| 2006 | 283 | #748 |
| 2005 | 313 | #672 |
| 2004 | 351 | #611 |
| 2003 | 378 | #582 |
| 2002 | 425 | #530 |
| 2001 | 503 | #470 |
| 2000 | 561 | #434 |
| 1999 | 667 | #386 |
| 1998 | 789 | #340 |
| 1997 | 796 | #331 |
| 1996 | 1,041 | #271 |
| 1995 | 1,047 | #268 |
| 1994 | 838 | #311 |
| 1993 | 942 | #295 |
| 1992 | 1,277 | #231 |
| 1991 | 1,446 | #215 |
| 1990 | 1,619 | #190 |
| 1989 | 1,787 | #168 |
| 1988 | 1,768 | #158 |
| 1987 | 1,666 | #162 |
| 1986 | 1,775 | #152 |
| 1985 | 1,884 | #147 |
| 1984 | 1,744 | #155 |
| 1983 | 1,343 | #186 |
| 1982 | 1,465 | #178 |
| 1981 | 1,240 | #200 |
| 1980 | 1,038 | #230 |
| 1979 | 1,002 | #227 |
| 1978 | 919 | #229 |
| 1977 | 822 | #250 |
| 1976 | 680 | #278 |
| 1975 | 678 | #282 |
| 1974 | 674 | #279 |
| 1973 | 715 | #265 |
| 1972 | 708 | #274 |
| 1971 | 857 | #261 |
| 1970 | 881 | #258 |
| 1969 | 885 | #244 |
| 1968 | 844 | #245 |
| 1967 | 797 | #252 |
| 1966 | 916 | #234 |
| 1965 | 987 | #233 |
| 1964 | 1,023 | #236 |
| 1963 | 1,127 | #224 |
| 1962 | 1,134 | #226 |
| 1961 | 1,024 | #246 |
| 1960 | 1,044 | #248 |
| 1959 | 1,027 | #248 |
| 1958 | 1,032 | #242 |
| 1957 | 954 | #247 |
| 1956 | 991 | #233 |
| 1955 | 1,028 | #224 |
| 1954 | 1,000 | #219 |
| 1953 | 921 | #221 |
| 1952 | 908 | #218 |
| 1951 | 883 | #220 |
| 1950 | 769 | #236 |
| 1949 | 763 | #233 |
| 1948 | 720 | #239 |
| 1947 | 790 | #231 |
| 1946 | 650 | #238 |
| 1945 | 555 | #240 |
| 1944 | 564 | #240 |
| 1943 | 584 | #242 |
| 1942 | 556 | #241 |
| 1941 | 513 | #245 |
| 1940 | 458 | #260 |
| 1939 | 480 | #240 |
| 1938 | 479 | #245 |
| 1937 | 465 | #249 |
| 1936 | 475 | #239 |
| 1935 | 427 | #261 |
| 1934 | 443 | #255 |
| 1933 | 414 | #258 |
| 1932 | 423 | #265 |
| 1931 | 452 | #253 |
| 1930 | 500 | #251 |
| 1929 | 414 | #274 |
| 1928 | 483 | #255 |
| 1927 | 453 | #268 |
| 1926 | 530 | #244 |
| 1925 | 559 | #235 |
| 1924 | 588 | #230 |
| 1923 | 575 | #229 |
| 1922 | 576 | #233 |
| 1921 | 514 | #248 |
| 1920 | 548 | #229 |
| 1919 | 569 | #219 |
| 1918 | 569 | #216 |
| 1917 | 503 | #220 |
| 1916 | 457 | #233 |
| 1915 | 451 | #226 |
| 1914 | 360 | #222 |
| 1913 | 300 | #215 |
| 1912 | 240 | #223 |
| 1911 | 140 | #209 |
| 1910 | 103 | #229 |
| 1909 | 81 | #244 |
| 1908 | 99 | #204 |
| 1907 | 76 | #233 |
| 1906 | 88 | #200 |
| 1905 | 74 | #223 |
| 1904 | 73 | #216 |
| 1903 | 67 | #220 |
| 1902 | 90 | #185 |
| 1901 | 72 | #197 |
| 1900 | 83 | #216 |
| 1899 | 95 | #158 |
| 1898 | 75 | #199 |
| 1897 | 62 | #212 |
| 1896 | 83 | #196 |
| 1895 | 73 | #198 |
| 1894 | 110 | #140 |
| 1893 | 76 | #191 |
| 1892 | 90 | #175 |
| 1891 | 86 | #152 |
| 1890 | 101 | #141 |
| 1889 | 115 | #122 |
| 1888 | 90 | #166 |
| 1887 | 85 | #149 |
| 1886 | 107 | #126 |
| 1885 | 109 | #126 |
| 1884 | 110 | #130 |
| 1883 | 88 | #147 |
| 1882 | 96 | #143 |
| 1881 | 82 | #151 |
| 1880 | 69 | #184 |
Names like Ross
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
James Charles Thomas Robert John Lewis Joseph William George Daniel Jack Adam
Names related to Ross
More Scottish names
Isla Finley Logan Arabella Cameron Bonnie Paisley Brody Carson Maxwell Brodie Finlay Blair Lennox Skye Knox