# Rename a row in DataFrames?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rename-a-row-in-dataframes/58261>\
**Category:** Data\
**Tags:** dataframes\
**Created:** [March 30, 2021, 7:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rename-a-row-in-dataframes/58261 "2021-03-30T19:51:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Albert\_Zevelev](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/albert_zevelev/32/11844_2.png) [@Albert\_Zevelev](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Albert_Zevelev)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2021, 7:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rename-a-row-in-dataframes/58261/1 "2021-03-30T19:51:39Z")

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Is it possible to rename a row in DataFrames.jl?  
Currently it looks like rows are numbered by default `1:n`.  
The function `rename!()` only changes column names, not row names.

My hack is to add a column w/ my desired row names:  
`insertcols!(se, 1, :coef => ["β0","β1","β2","β3"])`

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/7/3/73af9f2f236fd27df7266fc6bb5728533263c509.png)

I can’t find the relevant discussion on whether this was a deliberate design decision…

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**Author:** ![chris-b1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/chris-b1/32/14165_2.png) [@chris-b1](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/chris-b1)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rename-a-row-in-dataframes/58261/2 "2021-03-30T20:18:34Z")

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Rows are un-labeled/un-named in `DataFrames.jl` - that’s a deliberate design decision.

Not speaking for the DataFrames maintainers, but I think the idea of “indexed” columns, that you could treat like a row label is not out of the question, but may not be added before 1.0. A few relevant issues

[https://github.com/JuliaData/DataFrames.jl/issues/1346](https://github.com/JuliaData/DataFrames.jl/issues/1346)  
[https://github.com/JuliaData/DataFrames.jl/issues/2276](https://github.com/JuliaData/DataFrames.jl/issues/2276)  
[https://github.com/JuliaData/DataAPI.jl/issues/22](https://github.com/JuliaData/DataAPI.jl/issues/22)