Meaning and history
Ross is a Scottish and English surname originally used for someone from a place called Ross, such as the region of Ross in northern Scotland, and ultimately derived from Gaelic ros meaning “promontory” or “headland.” A notable bearer was the Antarctic explorer James Clark Ross (1800–1862).
20062006: 283 births, rank #748
2007: 263 births, rank #809
2008: 258 births, rank #842
2009: 227 births, rank #909
2010: 219 births, rank #920
20112011: 214 births, rank #932
2012: 212 births, rank #949
2013: 194 births, rank #1,008
2014: 185 births, rank #1,064
2015: 160 births, rank #1,162
20162016: 191 births, rank #1,037
2017: 162 births, rank #1,159
2018: 177 births, rank #1,107
2019: 134 births, rank #1,340
2020: 136 births, rank #1,320
20212021: 148 births, rank #1,280
2022: 151 births, rank #1,278
2023: 116 births, rank #1,518
2024: 139 births, rank #1,359
20252025: 122 births, rank #1,459
Ross moved from #934 to #955 for boys between 2011 and 2012. Its highest annual birth count came in 1985, with 1,884 births.