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Baby name
Ross
Boy
Origin of the name
Ross comes from the Scottish Gaelic ros, “headland.”
Classic name
81,872births since 1880
1980sgeneration
No. 147rank at its peak, in 1985
Where babies named Ross are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Ross is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Ross is most common in Hawaii (2.5 times), North Dakota (2.2) and Minnesota (2.1), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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