Rosaleen

Where Rosaleen comes from

Anglicized from Irish Róisín, a diminutive of Rose.
— Wiktionary's entry for Rosaleen
  • Irish
Along the way
  1. 1915
    First appearance
    #3,434 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1927
    Peak, #1,619
    26 babies named Rosaleen — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1931
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,307.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Irish.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.