Primrose

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: English

Meaning

Primrose is an English feminine given name given in reference to the flower. The common name for the flower comes from the Latin phrase prima rosa, or first rose. It is also an English or Scottish surname.

From Wikipedia

Primrose first appears in the data in 1914 and has been recorded in 27 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2021 with 93 babies (rank #2,068 that year). In 2024 it was given to 91 girls (rank #2,106). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Primrose

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

963
Total babies (all years)
27
Years in the data
93
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19145#4,082
19155#4,823
19177#4,016
19205#5,612
192110#3,354
19238#3,900
19247#4,358
19309#3,276
19315#4,840
19325#4,951
19407#3,776
19605#7,078
19736#8,131
19825#11,783
201217#7,385
201335#4,224
201442#3,700
201550#3,290
201659#2,895
201759#2,865
201877#2,378
201987#2,150
202085#2,146
202193#2,068
202288#2,169
202391#2,118
202491#2,106