Meaning not yet researched.
Ross: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 122 in 2025. Its best rank was #122 in 1889.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #122 in 1889; #1,465 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Ross in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,465 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1889, at #122.
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Ross: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 122 boys in 2025. Peak: #122 in 1889 · most boys in one year: 1,884 (1985).
In 2025, 122 US boys were named Ross, making it the 1,465th most common boys’ name of the year, down 104 places from #1,361 in 2024. That is 17 fewer than the 139 boys named Ross in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #122, reached in 1889. The most boys given the name in a single year was 1,884, in 1985. For comparison, it was #1,165 in 2015 and #236 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ross in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 69 babies with the name. In all, 82,293 US babies have been given the name, 0.5% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 15,816 babies named Ross.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,476 US boys were named Ross; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 191. In 2025 that was about 1 in 14,001 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Ross ranked highest in Utah in 2025, at #548 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Russ (6,131 babies since 1880), Rose (502,704 babies since 1880) and Rush (3,450 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Rosslyn and Roslin are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Rosslyn (790), Roslin (248).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Ross in the open dataset we use.
Ross is listed as a nickname for Roscoe.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 42 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 8 | #548 | #596 |
| Louisiana | 7 | #652 | #794 |
| Michigan | 10 | #759 | — |
| Missouri | 5 | #975 | — |
| Indiana | 5 | #1,052 | #477 |
| Pennsylvania | 7 | #1,077 | #1,014 |
| Illinois | 7 | #1,116 | #1,061 |
| Texas | 16 | #1,286 | #1,518 |
| California | 6 | #2,412 | #2,507 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 122 | #1,465 |
| 2024 | — | — | 139 | #1,361 |
| 2023 | 5 | #17,137 | 116 | #1,527 |
| 2022 | — | — | 151 | #1,280 |
| 2021 | 7 | #13,222 | 148 | #1,286 |
| 2020 | — | — | 136 | #1,324 |
| 2019 | — | — | 134 | #1,346 |
| 2018 | — | — | 177 | #1,108 |
| 2017 | 6 | #15,574 | 162 | #1,162 |
| 2016 | — | — | 191 | #1,040 |
| 2015 | 8 | #12,787 | 160 | #1,165 |
| 2014 | — | — | 185 | #1,064 |
| 2013 | — | — | 194 | #1,011 |
| 2012 | — | — | 212 | #955 |
| 2011 | — | — | 214 | #934 |
| 2010 | — | — | 219 | #923 |
| 2009 | — | — | 227 | #911 |
| 2008 | — | — | 258 | #844 |
| 2007 | — | — | 263 | #812 |
| 2006 | — | — | 283 | #748 |
| 2005 | — | — | 313 | #672 |
| 2004 | 6 | #15,684 | 351 | #612 |
| 2003 | 6 | #15,365 | 378 | #583 |
| 2002 | — | — | 425 | #530 |
| 2001 | — | — | 503 | #471 |
| 2000 | 5 | #17,047 | 561 | #434 |
| 1999 | 5 | #16,357 | 667 | #386 |
| 1998 | — | — | 789 | #341 |
| 1997 | — | — | 796 | #331 |
| 1996 | — | — | 1,041 | #271 |
| 1995 | — | — | 1,047 | #268 |
| 1994 | — | — | 838 | #311 |
| 1993 | — | — | 942 | #296 |
| 1992 | — | — | 1,277 | #231 |
| 1991 | 6 | #12,745 | 1,446 | #216 |
| 1990 | 9 | #9,065 | 1,619 | #190 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,900 | 1,787 | #168 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,538 | 1,768 | #158 |
| 1987 | 7 | #9,568 | 1,666 | #162 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,910 | 1,775 | #152 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,286 | 1,884 | #147 |
| 1984 | 14 | #5,152 | 1,744 | #155 |
| 1983 | 11 | #6,130 | 1,343 | #186 |
| 1982 | 14 | #5,135 | 1,465 | #179 |
| 1981 | — | — | 1,240 | #200 |
| 1980 | 5 | #11,720 | 1,038 | #230 |
| 1979 | 11 | #6,067 | 1,002 | #227 |
| 1978 | 5 | #11,055 | 919 | #229 |
| 1977 | — | — | 822 | #250 |
| 1976 | — | — | 680 | #279 |
| 1975 | 6 | #8,774 | 678 | #283 |
| 1974 | 7 | #7,489 | 674 | #279 |
| 1973 | 11 | #5,127 | 715 | #266 |
| 1972 | — | — | 708 | #274 |
| 1971 | 6 | #8,107 | 857 | #261 |
| 1970 | — | — | 881 | #258 |
| 1969 | 6 | #7,267 | 885 | #244 |
| 1968 | — | — | 844 | #245 |
| 1967 | — | — | 797 | #253 |
| 1966 | — | — | 916 | #234 |
| 1965 | — | — | 987 | #233 |
| 1964 | — | — | 1,023 | #239 |
| 1963 | 13 | #3,764 | 1,127 | #224 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,741 | 1,134 | #226 |
| 1961 | — | — | 1,024 | #246 |
| 1960 | 6 | #6,257 | 1,044 | #248 |
| 1959 | — | — | 1,027 | #248 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,819 | 1,032 | #242 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,849 | 954 | #247 |
| 1956 | — | — | 991 | #233 |
| 1955 | — | — | 1,028 | #224 |
| 1954 | — | — | 1,000 | #219 |
| 1953 | — | — | 921 | #221 |
| 1952 | — | — | 908 | #218 |
| 1951 | 5 | #6,078 | 883 | #220 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,955 | 769 | #236 |
| 1949 | — | — | 763 | #233 |
| 1948 | — | — | 720 | #239 |
| 1947 | — | — | 790 | #231 |
| 1946 | — | — | 650 | #240 |
| 1945 | 5 | #5,127 | 555 | #240 |
| 1944 | 7 | #4,000 | 564 | #240 |
| 1943 | — | — | 584 | #243 |
| 1942 | — | — | 556 | #241 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,966 | 513 | #245 |
| 1940 | — | — | 458 | #261 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,834 | 480 | #240 |
| 1938 | 6 | #4,263 | 479 | #245 |
| 1937 | — | — | 465 | #250 |
| 1936 | 6 | #4,087 | 475 | #239 |
| 1935 | — | — | 427 | #262 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,855 | 443 | #255 |
| 1933 | — | — | 414 | #258 |
| 1932 | — | — | 423 | #266 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,796 | 452 | #253 |
| 1930 | — | — | 500 | #251 |
| 1929 | — | — | 414 | #274 |
| 1928 | 5 | #5,315 | 483 | #256 |
| 1927 | — | — | 453 | #268 |
| 1926 | 7 | #4,241 | 530 | #244 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,614 | 559 | #235 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,367 | 588 | #230 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,881 | 575 | #230 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,954 | 576 | #233 |
| 1921 | 11 | #3,120 | 514 | #248 |
| 1920 | — | — | 548 | #230 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,618 | 569 | #219 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,801 | 569 | #217 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,312 | 503 | #220 |
| 1916 | 6 | #4,322 | 457 | #233 |
| 1915 | — | — | 451 | #226 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,545 | 360 | #223 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,617 | 300 | #215 |
| 1912 | — | — | 240 | #223 |
| 1911 | — | — | 140 | #211 |
| 1910 | — | — | 103 | #232 |
| 1909 | — | — | 81 | #246 |
| 1908 | — | — | 99 | #207 |
| 1907 | — | — | 76 | #236 |
| 1906 | — | — | 88 | #202 |
| 1905 | — | — | 74 | #223 |
| 1904 | — | — | 73 | #218 |
| 1903 | — | — | 67 | #222 |
| 1902 | — | — | 90 | #186 |
| 1901 | — | — | 72 | #199 |
| 1900 | — | — | 83 | #217 |
| 1899 | — | — | 95 | #159 |
| 1898 | — | — | 75 | #199 |
| 1897 | — | — | 62 | #213 |
| 1896 | — | — | 83 | #198 |
| 1895 | — | — | 73 | #198 |
| 1894 | — | — | 110 | #141 |
| 1893 | — | — | 76 | #192 |
| 1892 | — | — | 90 | #176 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,508 | 86 | #156 |
| 1890 | — | — | 101 | #141 |
| 1889 | — | — | 115 | #122 |
| 1888 | — | — | 90 | #168 |
| 1887 | — | — | 85 | #149 |
| 1886 | — | — | 107 | #127 |
| 1885 | — | — | 109 | #127 |
| 1884 | — | — | 110 | #131 |
| 1883 | — | — | 88 | #147 |
| 1882 | — | — | 96 | #143 |
| 1881 | — | — | 82 | #151 |
| 1880 | — | — | 69 | #185 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).