Meaning and history
Rose began as a Norman French form of the Germanic name Hrodohaidis, meaning “famous type,” from the elements hruod “fame” and heit “kind, sort, type.” The Normans brought it to England as Roese and Rohese, and it was early associated with the fragrant flower rose, from Latin rosa. When the name was revived in the 19th century, it was probably chosen with the flower in mind.
20062006: 961 births, rank #343
2007: 942 births, rank #348
2008: 975 births, rank #340
2009: 941 births, rank #349
2010: 965 births, rank #334
20112011: 1,101 births, rank #289
2012: 1,253 births, rank #258
2013: 1,429 births, rank #225
2014: 1,702 births, rank #194
2015: 1,956 births, rank #166
20162016: 2,041 births, rank #151
2017: 2,079 births, rank #141
2018: 2,457 births, rank #123
2019: 2,539 births, rank #115
2020: 2,380 births, rank #112
20212021: 2,402 births, rank #116
2022: 2,373 births, rank #119
2023: 2,252 births, rank #124
2024: 2,394 births, rank #114
20252025: 2,386 births, rank #114
Rose held steady at #114 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1917, with 9,783 births.