Boy
Ross
Rooted in Scottish, Ross is a boy's name that means "Scottish/Gaelic place name". It belongs mostly to the 1980s at this point. These days, it is neither rare nor overly common. Since 1900, roughly 79,346 babies in the U.S. have been given this name.
ScottishScottish/Gaelic place name
Etymology"Headland, promontory"
Births by decade
1900s
803
1910s
3,739
1920s
5,293
1930s
4,587
1940s
6,169
1950s
9,534
1960s
9,818
1970s
7,985
1980s
15,818
1990s
10,480
2000s
3,575
2010s
1,545
Peaked in the 1980s · 79,346 total U.S. births since 1900