Name Explorer
| Save name | Name & meaning | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
River | 1,401#220 | Down 36 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Related to Rosalind, or an elaboration of Rose | 151#1,433 | Down 61 rank positions in five years | 1956 | ||
Queen | 493#594 | Down 4 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Bright or shining | 37#3,959 | Down 471 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Literary origin uncertain; also an Irish surname form | 80#2,295 | Down 570 rank positions in five years | 2001 | ||
One that moves | 97#1,986 | Up 1,501 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Little rose; Rosa diminutive | 78#2,347 | Up 306 rank positions in five years | 1924 | ||
Combination of Rose and Ann | 17#6,775 | Up 722 rank positions in five years | 1943 | ||
Modern coinage; no established literal translation | 592#502 | Down 131 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
Rosalind form; later associated with lovely rose | 86#2,169 | Down 278 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
Welsh legendary name; meaning disputed | 210#1,119 | Up 38 rank positions in five years | 1999 | ||
Blend of Rose and Anne | 7#12,918 | Down 1,997 rank positions in five years | 1954 | ||
Combination of Rose and Anna | 58#2,924 | Down 150 rank positions in five years | 1982 | ||
Reborn | 635#481 | Up 27 rank positions in five years | 1980 | ||
Variant in the Rosaline name family; deeper origin uncertain | 259#979 | Down 251 rank positions in five years | 2018 | ||
Form of Rebecca; deeper meaning uncertain | 166#1,339 | Down 94 rank positions in five years | 2003 | ||
Variant of Renée | 48#3,287 | Up 480 rank positions in five years | 1970 | ||
Queen in Spanish; pure in Yiddish; Japanese meanings vary | 510#582 | Up 9 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Red king | 1,332#230 | Up 228 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Bright; shining | 60#2,856 | Down 265 rank positions in five years | 1988 | ||
Pure in Yiddish; Bulgarian derivation varies | 342#796 | Down 90 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
Dew | 46#3,376 | Down 800 rank positions in five years | 1992 | ||
Rose | 270#954 | Down 166 rank positions in five years | 2020 | ||
Queen or a name associated with happy and willing | 287#916 | Down 104 rank positions in five years | 2011 | ||
Bright or shining; full original formation uncertain | 77#2,366 | Down 529 rank positions in five years | 1991 | ||
Feminine form of Ryan; older meaning unconfirmed | 174#1,288 | Down 502 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
Rosary | 89#2,114 | Up 322 rank positions in five years | 1993 | ||
Rose | 481#609 | Up 129 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
Short form of Margaretha | —Unranked | — | 1924 | ||
Meaning unconfirmed; known through medieval literature | 32#4,440 | Down 1,310 rank positions in five years | 1917 | ||
Variant of Rachel | 6#14,520 | Up 2,455 rank positions in five years | 1985 | ||
Settlement on the Riming stream | 580#513 | Down 152 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
To join, couple, tie, through רִבְקָה | 464#629 | Up 152 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
King, ruler + hard, brave | —Unranked | — | 1928 | ||
Ruby | 225#1,079 | Up 238 rank positions in five years | 2005 | ||
Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed | 6#14,588 | new | 1955 | ||
Literal meaning not recorded | —Unranked | — | 1946 | ||
Shining glory, through Robin | —Unranked | — | 1959 | ||
Variant of Rachel | 9#10,739 | Down 2,862 rank positions in five years | 1969 | ||
Rome | 143#1,496 | Up 1,049 rank positions in five years | 1930 | ||
Oarsman; rower | 390#721 | Down 225 rank positions in five years | 2020 | ||
Counsel ruler through Ronald; bringing victory through Veronica | 113#1,792 | Up 542 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Variant of Raine | 293#906 | Down 138 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
Diminutive of Rayna | 831#369 | Up 564 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
Sovereign rule or a monarch's period of rule | 682#452 | Down 95 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
Feminine form of Renatus | —Unranked | — | 1960 | ||
Combination of Rose and Anne | 22#5,677 | Up 5,245 rank positions in five years | 1950 | ||
Variant of Romana | 569#531 | Up 137 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
English word name: royalty | 347#782 | Down 390 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed | 22#5,678 | Down 52 rank positions in five years | 1943 |
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