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Primrose

Girl

Meaning of Primrose: English: 'first rose'

Primrose is a girl's name most strongly associated with English naming. It has 8 letters and 2 syllables, and it is one of today's most-chosen names — 2459th most popular girls' name in the United States in 2025 and 179th in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#2459

69 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#179

272 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

1,033

First recorded 1914 · peak 2021

Trend

stable

Style: popular

Popularity over time

1981: 0 babies1982: 5 babies1983: 0 babies1984: 0 babies1985: 0 babies1986: 0 babies1987: 0 babies1988: 0 babies1989: 0 babies1990: 0 babies19901991: 0 babies1992: 0 babies1993: 0 babies1994: 0 babies1995: 0 babies1996: 0 babies1997: 0 babies1998: 0 babies1999: 0 babies2000: 0 babies20002001: 0 babies2002: 0 babies2003: 0 babies2004: 0 babies2005: 0 babies2006: 0 babies2007: 0 babies2008: 0 babies2009: 0 babies2010: 0 babies20102011: 0 babies2012: 17 babies2013: 35 babies2014: 42 babies2015: 51 babies2016: 59 babies2017: 59 babies2018: 77 babies2019: 87 babies2020: 85 babies20202021: 93 babies2022: 88 babies2023: 91 babies2024: 91 babies2025: 69 babies
US babies named Primrose per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 93.

Gender split

0% boys · 100% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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