How Many People Are Named Primrose?
people named Primrose are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 356,397 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,033 babies named Primrose in Social Security records from 1914 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
93 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the English word for the flower, ultimately deriving from Latin prima rosa "first rose".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Primrose in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Primrose alive today is about 7 years old, and 98% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 8 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Primrose first appears in the records in 1914 and was given most often in 2021, to 93 babies. In 2025, 69 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1914 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Primrose has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,068, in 2021. In 2025 it ranked #2,561.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,561 |
| Best rank | #2,068 (2021) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,170 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Primrose alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Primrose were born in California than in any other state: about 92 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Primrose was given 2.2 times as often in California and 1.4 times in Texas.
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