Rose
Girl nameRose has been given to 502,704 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1917 and currently ranks #114 for girls (2025).
Meaning & origin /ɹoʊz/
As an English, Scottish, French, Walloon, Danish, Jewish (Yiddish רויז (royz)), and German surname, all from the noun rose. Also adapted from foreign forms of the same meaning such as Hungarian Rózsa, Rozsa, Slovak Róža, Czech Roza, etc. Compare Larose. The surname may be matronymic, but more probably topographic from residence by rose bushes or the sign of a rose, or a nickname from rosy complexion. * Also as an English surname, from a Norman name of Germanic origins, likely made up of Proto-Germanic *hrod (“fame”) and *heid (“kind, sort, type”), ult
Origin: Germanic
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
502,704
Peak year
1917 (9,821 babies)
Rank in 2025
#114 for girls
First recorded
1880
10-year trend
▲ +22%
Gender split
100% girls / 0% boys
Famous people named Rose
Rose of Lima
Dominican saint from Peru
Rose Byrne
Australian actress
Rose McGowan
American actress, director and activist
Anne-Marie
British singer (born 1990)
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
Names with a similar vibe
Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Rose.
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