Ros

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ros: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ros: Recorded since 1977, with a gap of 17 years, it reached #250 in 1985, and it was last ranked in 2017.

1registrar recorded it
14times a registrar ranked it
41years from first to last
#250highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Ros's record

Absent from every published list for 17 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in Republic of Ireland · 2017

View as table

Republic of Ireland · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2017	#873

VerifiedSource: CSO Ireland — Irish Babies' Names.Confidence: high.

See all Republic of Ireland names · Source: CSO Ireland — Irish Babies' Names

What the data shows

Trend unknownRepublic of Ireland · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 13 of the 23 years from 1977 to 1999.

Official data for Republic of Ireland, 1977–2017 · CSO Ireland. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1977
First recorded at #293 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1977 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1977–1999
Highest recorded position: #250 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1985 (recorded 1977–1999).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent1999
Most recently recorded at #266 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1999.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Ros by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ros in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	7	2 of 10	4
1980s	16	4 of 10	4
1990sbusiest	27	7 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1990s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Ros appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for Republic of Ireland from 1977 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #250 in Republic of Ireland in 1985.

Ros's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#266	6	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#301	4	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#342	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#271	4	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	5	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#293	4	High	Verified

Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1977 and 2017, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #250, first reached in 1985.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1999.

Its record falls into 10 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 17 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
3 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
10separate stretches the record falls into10 or more separate stretches →
17 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#873position in 2017, its most recent recorded year
6births registered in its largest year, 1999Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Rorie · #1485, 18y
Rory · #3, 62y
Rosa · #53, 71y
Rosa-Leigh · #2325, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Breeda · #252, 19y
Lajla · #248, 18y
Frithjof · #246, 13y
Gudveig · #245, 16y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Asma · #250, 49y
Gediminas · #250, 21y
Alain · #249, 15y
Alec · #249, 42y

Ros was ranked #250 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1985. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Ros and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ros without appearing here.

Ros moved ahead of

Muhammad Compare
In 1998 they stood at #324 and #242 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1999 that had become #266 and #379.
Arthur Compare
In 1998 they stood at #324 and #280 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1999 that had become #266 and #330.
Graeme Compare
In 1998 they stood at #324 and #280 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1999 that had become #266 and #330.
Jude Compare
In 1998 they stood at #301 and #301 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1999 that had become #266 and #330.

Moved ahead of Ros

Caleb Compare
In 1995 they stood at #301 and #334 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1996 that had become #369 and #234.
Rhys Compare
In 1991 they stood at #271 and #319 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1992 that had become #337 and #210.
Tommy Compare
In 1991 they stood at #286 and #323 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1992 that had become #337 and #251.
Blake Compare
In 1991 they stood at #286 and #323 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1992 that had become #337 and #267.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for Republic of Ireland from 1977 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #250 in Republic of Ireland in 1985. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Ros

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ros by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

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Ros at a glance

What stands out in Ros's record

Ros by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Ros

Ros and the names beside it

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