Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ross

#362 most common boys' name of all time · #800 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#362
Rank overall
#800 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
82,293
Since 2016
1,494
Peak year
1985 #147
Best rank
#123 1889
Girls Boys peak 1,898/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Ross is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 122 122 #1,460
2024 139 139 #1,360
2023 5 116 121 #1,518
2022 151 151 #1,278
2021 7 148 155 #1,280
2020 136 136 #1,320
2019 134 134 #1,340
2018 177 177 #1,107
2017 6 162 168 #1,160
2016 191 191 #1,037
2015 8 160 168 #1,162
2014 185 185 #1,064
2013 194 194 #1,010
2012 212 212 #950
2011 214 214 #932
2010 219 219 #921
2009 227 227 #910
2008 258 258 #842
2007 263 263 #809
2006 283 283 #748
2005 313 313 #672
2004 6 351 357 #611
2003 6 378 384 #582
2002 425 425 #530
2001 503 503 #470
2000 5 561 566 #434
1999 5 667 672 #386
1998 789 789 #340
1997 796 796 #331
1996 1,041 1,041 #271
1995 1,047 1,047 #268
1994 838 838 #311
1993 942 942 #295
1992 1,277 1,277 #231
1991 6 1,446 1,452 #215
1990 9 1,619 1,628 #190
1989 10 1,787 1,797 #168
1988 15 1,768 1,783 #158
1987 7 1,666 1,673 #162
1986 16 1,775 1,791 #152
1985 14 1,884 1,898 #147
1984 14 1,744 1,758 #155
1983 11 1,343 1,354 #186
1982 14 1,465 1,479 #178
1981 1,240 1,240 #200
1980 5 1,038 1,043 #230
1979 11 1,002 1,013 #227
1978 5 919 924 #229
1977 822 822 #250
1976 680 680 #278
1975 6 678 684 #282
1974 7 674 681 #279
1973 11 715 726 #265
1972 708 708 #274
1971 6 857 863 #261
1970 881 881 #258
1969 6 885 891 #244
1968 844 844 #245
1967 797 797 #253
1966 916 916 #234
1965 987 987 #233
1964 1,023 1,023 #236
1963 13 1,127 1,140 #224
1962 7 1,134 1,141 #226
1961 1,024 1,024 #246
1960 6 1,044 1,050 #248
1959 1,027 1,027 #248
1958 8 1,032 1,040 #242
1957 5 954 959 #247
1956 991 991 #233
1955 1,028 1,028 #224
1954 1,000 1,000 #219
1953 921 921 #221
1952 908 908 #218
1951 5 883 888 #220
1950 5 769 774 #236
1949 763 763 #233
1948 720 720 #239
1947 790 790 #231
1946 650 650 #238
1945 5 555 560 #240
1944 7 564 571 #240
1943 584 584 #242
1942 556 556 #241
1941 5 513 518 #245
1940 458 458 #261
1939 5 480 485 #240
1938 6 479 485 #245
1937 465 465 #250
1936 6 475 481 #239
1935 427 427 #261
1934 5 443 448 #255
1933 414 414 #258
1932 423 423 #265
1931 7 452 459 #253
1930 500 500 #251
1929 414 414 #274
1928 5 483 488 #256
1927 453 453 #268
1926 7 530 537 #244
1925 9 559 568 #235
1924 7 588 595 #230
1923 6 575 581 #229
1922 8 576 584 #233
1921 11 514 525 #248
1920 548 548 #229
1919 13 569 582 #219
1918 8 569 577 #216
1917 9 503 512 #220
1916 6 457 463 #233
1915 451 451 #226
1914 6 360 366 #222
1913 5 300 305 #215
1912 240 240 #223
1911 140 140 #209
1910 103 103 #230
1909 81 81 #244
1908 99 99 #204
1907 76 76 #234
1906 88 88 #201
1905 74 74 #223
1904 73 73 #216
1903 67 67 #220
1902 90 90 #186
1901 72 72 #199
1900 83 83 #216
1899 95 95 #158
1898 75 75 #200
1897 62 62 #213
1896 83 83 #198
1895 73 73 #198
1894 110 110 #141
1893 76 76 #192
1892 90 90 #176
1891 5 86 91 #156
1890 101 101 #141
1889 115 115 #123
1888 90 90 #168
1887 85 85 #149
1886 107 107 #127
1885 109 109 #127
1884 110 110 #131
1883 88 88 #147
1882 96 96 #143
1881 82 82 #151
1880 69 69 #185