EveryBabyNames

Ross

4 countries#1459 in United States, 2025
US
#1459
in United States, 2025
SCOT
#243
in Scotland, 2025
NI
#395
in Northern Ireland, 2025
FR
#3634
in France, 2022
Total births recorded
102,243
Peak year (United States)
1985
Peak-year count
1,898
First recorded
1880

Popularity across 4 countries

Each line is scaled to its own peak, so you can compare when Ross was in fashion in each country, whatever the population size.

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020
United StatesScotlandNorthern IrelandFrance

Country by country

United States

82,293 births recorded 1880–2025 · currently #1459 · peaked in 1985 with 1,898 births

Most common in: California, Texas, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois

Source: Social Security Administration, official birth-registration data

Scotland

18,926 births recorded 1974–2025 · currently #243 · peaked in 1990 with 771 births

Source: National Records of Scotland, official birth-registration data

Northern Ireland

961 births recorded 1997–2025 · currently #395 · peaked in 1997 with 106 births

Source: NISRA, official birth-registration data

France

63 births recorded 1963–2022 · currently #3634 · peaked in 1999 with 6 births

Source: INSEE, official birth-registration data

United States rank history

Ross’s rank among boys’ names, most recent 20 years on record.

YearRankvs. prior yr
2006#748
2007#809↓61
2008#842↓33
2009#909↓67
2010#920↓11
2011#932↓12
2012#949↓17
2013#1008↓59
2014#1064↓56
2015#1162↓98
2016#1037↑125
2017#1159↓122
2018#1107↑52
2019#1340↓233
2020#1320↑20
2021#1280↑40
2022#1278↑2
2023#1518↓240
2024#1359↑159
2025#1459↓100

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