Primrose
Primrose was the 2561st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 69 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 2068th with 93 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 684 places. More babies were named Primrose in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,561 girls, down 414 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 69girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202193 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,033babies recorded
Primrose popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,561 | 69 |
| 2020 | #2,147 | 85 |
| 2010 | — | — |
| 2000 | — | — |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | #7,081 | 5 |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | #3,776 | 7 |
| 1930 | #3,276 | 9 |
| 1920 | #5,612 | 5 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Primrose, counting every spelling?
Primrose has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Primrose?
69 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Primrose (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Primrose born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 122 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Primrose.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Primrose?
About 1,000 people born in the US named Primrose are alive today, with a median age of 6; half are between 3 and 9. That makes Primrose a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Primrose by state
How common Primrose was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 38 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Primrose
How popular is the name Primrose?
Primrose was the 2561st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 69 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 2068th with 93 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 684 places. More babies were named Primrose in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Primrose a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Primrose in the US.
Where is Primrose most popular?
In 2021–2025, Primrose was most common in Missouri (0.09 per 1,000 girls), followed by Virginia and Washington.