Ross
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
#1459
recorded as boys
Down 100 since 2024
Babies in 2025
122
boys 122
Peak year
1889
115 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
82,293
since 1880
Born a Ross? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Ross was most popular in 1889, when 115 babies recorded as boys got the name (1.0 per 1,000). In 2025, 122 babies were named Ross, ranking #1459 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 122 | 1459 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 139 | 1359 |
| 2023 | 5 | 15194 | 116 | 1518 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 151 | 1278 |
| 2021 | 7 | 12206 | 148 | 1280 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 136 | 1320 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 134 | 1340 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 177 | 1107 |
| 2017 | 6 | 14124 | 162 | 1159 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 191 | 1037 |
| 2015 | 8 | 11835 | 160 | 1162 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 185 | 1064 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 194 | 1008 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 212 | 949 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 214 | 932 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 219 | 920 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 227 | 909 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 258 | 842 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 263 | 809 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 283 | 748 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 313 | 672 |
| 2004 | 6 | 14179 | 351 | 611 |
| 2003 | 6 | 13844 | 378 | 582 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 425 | 530 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 503 | 470 |
| 2000 | 5 | 15031 | 561 | 434 |
| 1999 | 5 | 14411 | 667 | 386 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 789 | 340 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 796 | 331 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 1,041 | 271 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 1,047 | 268 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 838 | 311 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 942 | 295 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 1,277 | 231 |
| 1991 | 6 | 11509 | 1,446 | 215 |
| 1990 | 9 | 8501 | 1,619 | 190 |
| 1989 | 10 | 7449 | 1,787 | 168 |
| 1988 | 15 | 5321 | 1,768 | 158 |
| 1987 | 7 | 8778 | 1,666 | 162 |
| 1986 | 16 | 4724 | 1,775 | 152 |
| 1985 | 14 | 5077 | 1,884 | 147 |
| 1984 | 14 | 4966 | 1,744 | 155 |
| 1983 | 11 | 5824 | 1,343 | 186 |
| 1982 | 14 | 4945 | 1,465 | 178 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 1,240 | 200 |
| 1980 | 5 | 10392 | 1,038 | 230 |
| 1979 | 11 | 5751 | 1,002 | 227 |
| 1978 | 5 | 9750 | 919 | 229 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 822 | 250 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 680 | 278 |
| 1975 | 6 | 7984 | 678 | 282 |
| 1974 | 7 | 6900 | 674 | 279 |
| 1973 | 11 | 4871 | 715 | 265 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 708 | 274 |
| 1971 | 6 | 7388 | 857 | 261 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 881 | 258 |
| 1969 | 6 | 6617 | 885 | 244 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 844 | 245 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 797 | 252 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 916 | 234 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 987 | 233 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 1,023 | 236 |
| 1963 | 13 | 3635 | 1,127 | 224 |
| 1962 | 7 | 5293 | 1,134 | 226 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 1,024 | 246 |
| 1960 | 6 | 5696 | 1,044 | 248 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 1,027 | 248 |
| 1958 | 8 | 4520 | 1,032 | 242 |
| 1957 | 5 | 6086 | 954 | 247 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 991 | 233 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 1,028 | 224 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 1,000 | 219 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 921 | 221 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 908 | 218 |
| 1951 | 5 | 5414 | 883 | 220 |
| 1950 | 5 | 5301 | 769 | 236 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 763 | 233 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 720 | 239 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 790 | 231 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 650 | 238 |
| 1945 | 5 | 4556 | 555 | 240 |
| 1944 | 7 | 3687 | 564 | 240 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 584 | 242 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 556 | 241 |
| 1941 | 5 | 4420 | 513 | 245 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 458 | 260 |
| 1939 | 5 | 4250 | 480 | 240 |
| 1938 | 6 | 3847 | 479 | 245 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 465 | 249 |
| 1936 | 6 | 3701 | 475 | 239 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 427 | 261 |
| 1934 | 5 | 4286 | 443 | 255 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 414 | 258 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 423 | 265 |
| 1931 | 7 | 3497 | 452 | 253 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 500 | 251 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 414 | 274 |
| 1928 | 5 | 4725 | 483 | 255 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 453 | 268 |
| 1926 | 7 | 3873 | 530 | 244 |
| 1925 | 9 | 3362 | 559 | 235 |
| 1924 | 7 | 4002 | 588 | 230 |
| 1923 | 6 | 4376 | 575 | 229 |
| 1922 | 8 | 3655 | 576 | 233 |
| 1921 | 11 | 2941 | 514 | 248 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 548 | 229 |
| 1919 | 13 | 2515 | 569 | 219 |
| 1918 | 8 | 3512 | 569 | 216 |
| 1917 | 9 | 3092 | 503 | 220 |
| 1916 | 6 | 3919 | 457 | 233 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 451 | 226 |
| 1914 | 6 | 3188 | 360 | 222 |
| 1913 | 5 | 3187 | 300 | 215 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 240 | 223 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 140 | 209 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 103 | 229 |
| 1909 | <5 | — | 81 | 244 |
| 1908 | <5 | — | 99 | 204 |
| 1907 | <5 | — | 76 | 233 |
| 1906 | <5 | — | 88 | 200 |
| 1905 | <5 | — | 74 | 223 |
| 1904 | <5 | — | 73 | 216 |
| 1903 | <5 | — | 67 | 220 |
| 1902 | <5 | — | 90 | 185 |
| 1901 | <5 | — | 72 | 197 |
| 1900 | <5 | — | 83 | 216 |
| 1899 | <5 | — | 95 | 158 |
| 1898 | <5 | — | 75 | 199 |
| 1897 | <5 | — | 62 | 212 |
| 1896 | <5 | — | 83 | 196 |
| 1895 | <5 | — | 73 | 198 |
| 1894 | <5 | — | 110 | 140 |
| 1893 | <5 | — | 76 | 191 |
| 1892 | <5 | — | 90 | 175 |
| 1891 | 5 | 1332 | 86 | 152 |
| 1890 | <5 | — | 101 | 141 |
| 1889 | <5 | — | 115 | 122 |
| 1888 | <5 | — | 90 | 166 |
| 1887 | <5 | — | 85 | 149 |
| 1886 | <5 | — | 107 | 126 |
| 1885 | <5 | — | 109 | 126 |
| 1884 | <5 | — | 110 | 130 |
| 1883 | <5 | — | 88 | 147 |
| 1882 | <5 | — | 96 | 143 |
| 1881 | <5 | — | 82 | 151 |
| 1880 | <5 | — | 69 | 184 |
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Names like Ross
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Where Ross is most popular
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 1% · boys 99% across all years