Thirty years of Rose
Rose in numbers
Rose has risen from 244 girls in 1996 to 666 in 2025, though it is below its peak of 990 in 2014. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2011 and 2014, from 764 to 990. It ranked 181st in 1996, reached 54th in 2022 and ranks 67th now. On average it was given to 256 girls a year in the late 1990s, 431 in the 2000s, 871 in the 2010s and 777 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year-10%742 to 666
- 5 years-17%803 to 666
- 10 years-28%926 to 666
- 20 years+52%437 to 666
- Since 1996×3244 to 666
- Total, 1996 to 202518,709girls
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 67 · ONS · 742 in 2024
Rank 71 · NRS · 67 in 2024
Rank 57 · NISRA · 43 in 2024
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67 | 666 | -10% | 1 in 427 |
| 2024 | 59 | 742 | -5% | 1 in 390 |
| 2023 | 55 | 784 | -11% | 1 in 367 |
| 2022 | 54 | 881 | +12% | 1 in 335 |
| 2021 | 68 | 787 | -2% | 1 in 387 |
| 2020 | 61 | 803 | -13% | 1 in 373 |
| 2019 | 56 | 923 | -4% | 1 in 337 |
| 2018 | 55 | 960 | +3% | 1 in 333 |
| 2017 | 60 | 932 | -4% | 1 in 355 |
| 2016 | 62 | 974 | +5% | 1 in 348 |
| 2015 | 65 | 926 | -6% | 1 in 367 |
| 2014 | 62 | 990 | +20% | 1 in 342 |
| 2013 * | 68 | 823 | +8% | 1 in 415 |
| 2012 | 78 | 764 | +0% | 1 in 465 |
| 2011 | 76 | 764 | +17% | 1 in 462 |
| 2010 | 90 | 651 | +5% | 1 in 541 |
| 2009 | 94 | 619 | +12% | 1 in 556 |
| 2008 | =100 | 555 | -4% | 1 in 623 |
| 2007 | 95 | 576 | +23% | 1 in 582 |
| 2006 | 114 | 468 | +7% | 1 in 699 |
| 2005 | =123 | 437 | +23% | 1 in 721 |
| 2004 | 146 | 354 | -4% | 1 in 880 |
| 2003 | 137 | 367 | +18% | 1 in 826 |
| 2002 | =144 | 311 | -2% | 1 in 933 |
| 2001 | 144 | 316 | +2% | 1 in 918 |
| 2000 | 147 | 311 | -1% | 1 in 948 |
| 1999 | =149 | 313 | +24% | 1 in 967 |
| 1998 | =171 | 252 | +17% | n/a |
| 1997 | 200 | 216 | -11% | 1 in 1,451 |
| 1996 | 181 | 244 | 1 in 1,295 |
* ONS’s girls’ 2013 file repeats the May total as April, so the 2013 births total is about 1,360 too high and 1 in X for 2013 is slightly too high. 1 in X is not shown for girls in 1998: one monthly total is missing from the ONS girls’ 1998 file. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate
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