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How popular is “Rose” in the USA?

Number of people named “Rose” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Rose” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Rose” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Rose” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Rose” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Rose” by birth year

This chart shows how “Rose” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 707 0.003508963 700 7 98%
1881 734 0.003809267 734 100%
1882 886 0.003999404 886 100%
1883 882 0.004065528 877 5 99%
1884 1065 0.004374417 1060 5 99%
1885 1173 0.00487017 1164 9 98%
1886 1267 0.004962478 1261 6 99%
1887 1248 0.005044626 1242 6 99%
1888 1599 0.005339362 1590 9 99%
1889 1561 0.005402394 1550 11 99%
1890 1733 0.005749815 1725 8 99%
1891 1701 0.00593359 1696 5 99%
1892 2039 0.006097962 2023 16 98%
1893 2020 0.006211123 2012 8 99%
1894 2132 0.006294842 2126 6 99%
1895 2270 0.006466868 2262 8 99%
1896 2351 0.006576518 2341 10 99%
1897 2328 0.006709765 2316 12 99%
1898 2444 0.006407047 2436 8 99%
1899 2210 0.006514677 2197 13 99%
1900 2855 0.006340809 2844 11 99%
1901 2220 0.006419673 2212 8 99%
1902 2451 0.006337706 2444 7 99%
1903 2493 0.006539874 2478 15 99%
1904 2641 0.006545472 2631 10 99%
1905 2741 0.006465812 2724 17 99%
1906 2920 0.006815249 2901 19 99%
1907 3140 0.006747029 3116 24 98%
1908 3405 0.006968192 3382 23 99%
1909 3397 0.006644837 3374 23 99%
1910 3853 0.006522648 3837 16 99%
1911 4173 0.006477018 4151 22 99%
1912 5445 0.005510788 5431 14 99%
1913 6188 0.005441866 6171 17 99%
1914 7612 0.0053744 7574 38 99%
1915 9398 0.00512872 9375 23 100%
1916 9643 0.004984965 9605 38 99%
1917 9821 0.004893983 9783 38 99%
1918 9603 0.004423081 9568 35 99%
1919 9229 0.004373426 9195 34 99%
1920 9035 0.003993118 9011 24 99%
1921 9372 0.004014555 9352 20 100%
1922 8829 0.00385688 8791 38 99%
1923 8471 0.003679075 8440 31 99%
1924 8505 0.003571114 8479 26 99%
1925 8315 0.003563619 8280 35 99%
1926 8555 0.0037262 8509 46 99%
1927 8543 0.003683347 8497 46 99%
1928 8203 0.00362814 8161 42 99%
1929 7837 0.003575011 7785 52 99%
1930 7749 0.003485378 7688 61 98%
1931 6913 0.003285041 6881 32 99%
1932 6519 0.003087684 6476 43 99%
1933 5813 0.002907304 5770 43 99%
1934 5629 0.002710399 5583 46 98%
1935 5264 0.002518781 5232 32 99%
1936 5732 0.002758982 5699 33 99%
1937 5492 0.002577593 5450 42 98%
1938 5329 0.002408507 5292 37 99%
1939 5080 0.002305484 5040 40 98%
1940 5231 0.002271696 5198 33 99%
1941 4990 0.002048083 4954 36 99%
1942 5275 0.001930949 5253 22 99%
1943 5237 0.001855409 5207 30 99%
1944 4723 0.001755711 4710 13 99%
1945 4574 0.001724144 4557 17 99%
1946 5192 0.001624883 5183 9 100%
1947 5672 0.00157454 5654 18 99%
1948 5582 0.001616791 5556 26 99%
1949 5395 0.001548163 5371 24 99%
1950 5392 0.001539095 5376 16 99%
1951 6202 0.001683615 6185 17 99%
1952 6569 0.001729592 6553 16 100%
1953 7025 0.00182295 7004 21 99%
1954 8020 0.002014717 7996 24 99%
1955 7873 0.001960858 7852 21 99%
1956 7355 0.001783879 7337 18 100%
1957 6923 0.001647493 6896 27 99%
1958 6065 0.001467136 6043 22 99%
1959 5467 0.001314817 5446 21 99%
1960 4903 0.001180361 4884 19 99%
1961 4333 0.001046037 4319 14 99%
1962 4024 0.000997182 4000 24 99%
1963 3720 0.000939821 3699 21 99%
1964 3501 0.000900554 3481 20 99%
1965 2876 0.000793281 2865 11 99%
1966 2546 0.000732524 2532 14 99%
1967 2262 0.000666294 2255 7 99%
1968 1960 0.000580154 1951 9 99%
1969 1880 0.000540957 1872 8 99%
1970 1794 0.000497433 1778 16 98%
1971 1440 0.000419537 1431 9 99%
1972 1319 0.000419664 1308 11 98%
1973 1102 0.000365277 1093 9 98%
1974 1064 0.00035 1056 8 98%
1975 947 0.000313639 947 100%
1976 972 0.000320337 972 100%
1977 965 0.000303794 965 100%
1978 921 0.000290182 916 5 99%
1979 928 0.00027893 921 7 98%
1980 1143 0.000331833 1134 9 98%
1981 1102 0.000318555 1097 5 99%
1982 1106 0.000315283 1098 8 99%
1983 1067 0.000308084 1062 5 99%
1984 1065 0.000305266 1058 7 99%
1985 978 0.000274018 967 11 98%
1986 834 0.000234462 823 11 97%
1987 836 0.000231861 836 100%
1988 875 0.000236804 866 9 98%
1989 905 0.000235404 893 12 97%
1990 901 0.000227958 901 100%
1991 894 0.000229509 884 10 98%
1992 864 0.000224925 859 5 99%
1993 750 0.000198924 745 5 99%
1994 791 0.000212769 791 100%
1995 787 0.000214901 787 100%
1996 703 0.000192751 703 100%
1997 666 0.000183686 666 100%
1998 1019 0.000277037 1019 100%
1999 1132 0.000306454 1132 100%
2000 1080 0.000285722 1080 100%
2001 1030 0.000275152 1030 100%
2002 922 0.000246637 922 100%
2003 854 0.0002246 854 100%
2004 896 0.000234498 896 100%
2005 967 0.000251506 967 100%
2006 961 0.000242911 961 100%
2007 942 0.000235636 942 100%
2008 975 0.00024805 975 100%
2009 939 0.0002458 939 100%
2010 964 0.000260841 964 100%
2011 1100 0.000300728 1100 100%
2012 1253 0.000342596 1253 100%
2013 1429 0.000391972 1429 100%
2014 1701 0.000458939 1701 100%
2015 1955 0.000528248 1955 100%
2016 2042 0.000556601 2037 5 100%
2017 2085 0.000583022 2079 6 99%
2018 2456 0.000698542 2456 100%
2019 2537 0.000730927 2537 100%
2020 2386 0.000714248 2379 7 99%
2021 2400 0.000708393 2400 100%
2022 2370 0.000700534 2370 100%
2023 2256 0.000681325 2249 7 99%
2024 2376 0.000713835 2376 100%

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