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 1996 and has been recorded in 29 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2014 with 990 babies (rank #62 that year). In 2024 it was given to 742 girls (rank #59). The name has been declining over the last five years.

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.

18,043

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

990

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

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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
1996	244	#181
1997	216	#200
1998	252	#172
1999	313	#149
2000	311	#147
2001	316	#144
2002	311	#145
2003	367	#137
2004	354	#146
2005	437	#124
2006	468	#114
2007	576	#95
2008	555	#101
2009	619	#94
2010	651	#90
2011	764	#76
2012	764	#78
2013	823	#68
2014	990	#62
2015	926	#65
2016	974	#62
2017	932	#60
2018	960	#55
2019	923	#56
2020	803	#61
2021	787	#68
2022	881	#54
2023	784	#55
2024	742	#59