Ross
Ross is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 139 births. Its best rank was 122nd, in 1889.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1390.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 19851,884 births
- Best rank
- #122in 1889
- Since 1880
- 81,752people given the name
The story in the numbers
81,752 boys have been named Ross in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1985, with 1,884 births — 0.10% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1969, and the 1980s alone account for 19%. It has spent 133 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Ross | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 951 | |
| 1890s | 851 | |
| 1900s | 803 | |
| 1910s | 3,692 | |
| 1920s | 5,240 | |
| 1930s | 4,558 | |
| 1940s | 6,153 | |
| 1950s | 9,515 | |
| 1960s | 9,781 | |
| 1970s | 7,935 | |
| 1980s | 15,713 | |
| 1990s | 10,463 | |
| 2000s | 3,561 | |
| 2010s | 1,847 | |
| 2020s | 689 |
In 1985, its biggest year
Ross was the 147th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1985 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 1985.
Names that rose and fell with Ross
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jessepeak 1981
- Josephpeak 1956
- Clintonpeak 1981
- Byronpeak 1964
- Martinpeak 1963
- Nelsonpeak 1959
- Hanspeak 1970
- Peterpeak 1957
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.