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How popular is the name Ross?
Births per year, rank history and how many Rosses are alive today.
Ross (male), once a common boys' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 12 in 2025, ranked 2014th. The name peaked in 1984, when around 1,300 babies were given the name, the 60th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 1997, with 1,150 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 1984; the 2025 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. At least 22,000 babies have been named Ross in England and Wales since 1984. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Ross you are most likely to meet is around 41 years old. Half of all Rosses born in England and Wales are between 31 and 44, and there are at least 31,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 9.7% chance that at least one of them will be called Ross.
How many babies are named Ross each year?
Where does Ross rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Ross most popular?
Ross peaked in 1984, when around 1,300 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Ross?
At least 31,000 people named Ross born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Ross?
Most living Rosses are between 31 and 44; the most common age is about 41.
Is Ross becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1984 peak.