Rose

What Rose means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Rose yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1917, with 9,783 babies; 2,386 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Rose?

US: Rising: up from #166 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #65 in 2015, #67 now.

Biggest US share so far: 1908, when 3,382 girls got the name (#16 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 674 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 380 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 308 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in DC (6.44 per 1,000 girls), WY (6.17 per 1,000 girls), NH (5.27 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Rose is #114 in the US and #67 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Rose were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

Wiktionary only lists the US pronunciation so far.

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Reese1,631 US · 15 E&W
• Royce20 US
• Rus17 US
• Rous14 US
• Roz7 US · 4 E&W
• Rousse11 US
• Rouse9 US
• Rosse7 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Rose

Girls

• Ivory#378Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #378 vs #2,440 in 2025
• Mavis#560Editor’s note Up from #1,003 in 2015 to #560 in 2025 in the US
• Iris#61“rainbow”^*
• Opal#423Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,110 in 2015, #423 in 2025
• Briar#400Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #835 in 2015, #400 in 2025
• Magnolia#124Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #634 in 2015, #124 in 2025

For a brother

• Royal#476Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #476 vs #2,014 in 2025
• August#81“month of August”^*
• Duke#695Editor’s note Down from #601 in 2015 to #695 in 2025 in the US
• Prince#447Editor’s note Down from #386 in 2015 to #447 in 2025 in the US
• Briar#686Editor’s note Used for both: 34% of US babies named Briar in 2025 were boys
• Alden#598“old + friend”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under English, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Rose’s. Rank is US 2025.