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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: rising

RoseIn Hebrew: רוז · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Rose (Hebrew: רוז) is a girl's name of international origin. 1,793 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 93 girls and ranked #184. Its peak year was 2022, with 95 babies.

People in Israel
1,793
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
93
rank #184
Peak year
2022
95 babies
USA, 2025
2,386
rank #114

Writing and saying Rose

In Hebrew letters the name is רוז, read right to left. Rose is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Rose by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Rose: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Rose in English-speaking countries

Rose in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20252,386#1141917 (9,783)
United Kingdom2025758#662016 (1,104)
England and Wales2025666#672014 (990)
Scotland202558#712018 (89)
Northern Ireland202534#572016 (57)
Ireland202584#591966 (141)
British Columbia202333#832019 (53)
Alberta202541#892016 (54)
Quebec2025273#132019 (342)
New South Wales2025101#702012 (126)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Rose has every year and the other spellings.

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Rose

How do you write Rose in Hebrew?

Rose is written רוז in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Rose?

1,793 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name רוז: 1,786 women and 7 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Rose a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 99.6% of the people named רוז are women.

Is Rose used outside Israel?

The name Rose appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 2,386 girls were given it in 2025 (#114), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 758 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.