Rose

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Rose is a female given name. It is a late Latin name derived from rosa, meaning "rose". Variants are Rosa, Rosario, Rosie, Rosalba, Rosalie, Rosalia, Rosina, Rosaria, Rosalyn and Rosalina. Similar names are Rosanna and Rosamunde.

From Wikipedia

Rose first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2019 with 623 babies (rank #33 that year). In 2024 it was given to 503 girls (rank #38). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Rose

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Rose yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

3Destiny numberThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
11Soul urgeThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
1PersonalityThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

10,647

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

623

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Also a character in

In Doctor Who: Rose Tyler — the Ninth and Tenth Doctors' companion
In Downton Abbey: Lady Rose MacClare — the Crawleys' cousin

Famous people named Rose

Rose of Limamember of Roman Catholic religious orders and societies · b. 1586
Rose Byrnefilm actor · b. 1979
Rose McGowanactivist · b. 1973
Rose Lesliefilm actor · b. 1987

More popular girls' names

Names ranked near Rose in 2024

Other girls' names starting with R

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1991	84	#342
1992	96	#301
1993	54	#490
1994	68	#366
1995	108	#273
1996	94	#302
1997	83	#335
1998	178	#172
1999	183	#163
2000	194	#151
2001	155	#192
2002	206	#134
2003	211	#132
2004	183	#152
2005	223	#129
2006	278	#103
2007	292	#96
2008	259	#117
2009	333	#85
2010	320	#86
2011	319	#84
2012	367	#69
2013	368	#72
2014	413	#62
2015	454	#56
2016	517	#47
2017	582	#37
2018	588	#35
2019	623	#33
2020	551	#38
2021	614	#31
2022	593	#28
2023	536	#33
2024	503	#38