Rosalind
#1,518 for girls in 2025, 140 births
- Peak · girls
- 1942 · 537 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 27,136since 1888
Rosalind over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Rosalind has never cracked the top 200 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,518 | 140 |
| 2024 | #1,466 | 149 |
| 2023 | #1,439 | 155 |
| 2022 | #1,431 | 157 |
| 2021 | #1,312 | 172 |
| 2020 | #1,422 | 153 |
| 2019 | #1,255 | 185 |
| 2018 | #1,255 | 184 |
| 2017 | #1,210 | 198 |
| 2016 | #1,425 | 162 |
| 2015 | #1,532 | 146 |
| 2014 | #1,967 | 101 |
| 2013 | #2,096 | 91 |
| 2012 | #2,474 | 74 |
| 2011 | #2,796 | 62 |
| 2010 | #3,306 | 49 |
| 2009 | #4,196 | 36 |
| 2008 | #4,448 | 34 |
| 2007 | #3,376 | 49 |
| 2006 | #3,795 | 40 |
| 2005 | #4,029 | 35 |
| 2004 | #3,333 | 45 |
| 2003 | #3,085 | 48 |
| 2002 | #3,394 | 40 |
| 2001 | #3,417 | 39 |
| 2000 | #3,453 | 38 |
| 1999 | #3,099 | 42 |
| 1998 | #3,116 | 40 |
| 1997 | #2,733 | 45 |
| 1996 | #2,591 | 48 |
| 1995 | #2,788 | 43 |
| 1994 | #2,541 | 49 |
| 1993 | #2,533 | 49 |
| 1992 | #2,033 | 67 |
| 1991 | #1,913 | 73 |
| 1990 | #1,813 | 79 |
| 1989 | #1,701 | 80 |
| 1988 | #1,671 | 77 |
| 1987 | #1,581 | 79 |
| 1986 | #1,420 | 90 |
| 1985 | #1,350 | 97 |
| 1984 | #1,232 | 105 |
| 1983 | #1,272 | 97 |
| 1982 | #1,251 | 104 |
| 1981 | #1,340 | 93 |
| 1980 | #1,286 | 99 |
| 1979 | #1,140 | 117 |
| 1978 | #913 | 155 |
| 1977 | #838 | 178 |
| 1976 | #723 | 202 |
| 1975 | #757 | 188 |
| 1974 | #759 | 184 |
| 1973 | #695 | 214 |
| 1972 | #599 | 266 |
| 1971 | #588 | 296 |
| 1970 | #520 | 368 |
| 1969 | #509 | 367 |
| 1968 | #505 | 369 |
| 1967 | #440 | 460 |
| 1966 | #412 | 505 |
| 1965 | #355 | 652 |
| 1964 | #417 | 543 |
| 1963 | #411 | 546 |
| 1962 | #372 | 634 |
| 1961 | #386 | 625 |
| 1960 | #375 | 649 |
| 1959 | #374 | 650 |
| 1958 | #381 | 585 |
| 1957 | #390 | 544 |
| 1956 | #366 | 571 |
| 1955 | #432 | 421 |
| 1954 | #401 | 466 |
| 1953 | #374 | 518 |
| 1952 | #371 | 500 |
| 1951 | #355 | 505 |
| 1950 | #321 | 571 |
| 1949 | #362 | 475 |
| 1948 | #348 | 499 |
| 1947 | #375 | 456 |
| 1946 | #361 | 444 |
| 1945 | #362 | 368 |
| 1944 | #384 | 337 |
| 1943 | #306 | 516 |
| 1942 | #292 | 537 |
| 1941 | #325 | 409 |
| 1940 | #332 | 368 |
| 1939 | #349 | 336 |
| 1938 | #415 | 264 |
| 1937 | #376 | 295 |
| 1936 | #457 | 196 |
| 1935 | #512 | 156 |
| 1934 | #607 | 118 |
| 1933 | #616 | 111 |
| 1932 | #587 | 125 |
| 1931 | #594 | 124 |
| 1930 | #606 | 130 |
| 1929 | #546 | 157 |
| 1928 | #575 | 151 |
| 1927 | #485 | 207 |
| 1926 | #489 | 203 |
| 1925 | #473 | 214 |
| 1924 | #447 | 243 |
| 1923 | #426 | 249 |
| 1922 | #433 | 238 |
| 1921 | #463 | 221 |
| 1920 | #469 | 210 |
| 1919 | #510 | 177 |
| 1918 | #473 | 201 |
| 1917 | #468 | 192 |
| 1916 | #463 | 190 |
| 1915 | #491 | 156 |
| 1914 | #418 | 163 |
| 1913 | #461 | 117 |
| 1912 | #521 | 86 |
| 1911 | #511 | 66 |
| 1910 | #550 | 55 |
| 1909 | #566 | 46 |
| 1908 | #639 | 36 |
| 1907 | #564 | 42 |
| 1906 | #707 | 27 |
| 1905 | #587 | 35 |
| 1904 | #537 | 38 |
| 1903 | #654 | 26 |
| 1902 | #818 | 18 |
| 1901 | #615 | 26 |
| 1900 | #833 | 20 |
| 1899 | #878 | 14 |
| 1898 | #631 | 26 |
| 1897 | #627 | 24 |
| 1896 | #728 | 19 |
| 1895 | #746 | 18 |
| 1894 | #812 | 14 |
| 1893 | #901 | 11 |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 |
| 1891 | #750 | 13 |
| 1890 | #758 | 13 |
| 1889 | #839 | 10 |
| 1888 | #1,036 | 7 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1888
The first year at least five girls were named Rosalind! It came in at #1,036, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1892, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.
Where Rosalind is popular in 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Louisiana#181 · 1 in 906
- Maryland#230 · 1 in 1,378
- Missouri#231 · 1 in 1,528
- South Carolina#250 · 1 in 1,441
- Florida#284 · 1 in 1,726
Best ever in a state: #143 in New York, 1923.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #181 | 42 | 1 in 906 |
| Maryland | #230 | 22 | 1 in 1,378 |
| Missouri | #231 | 29 | 1 in 1,528 |
| South Carolina | #250 | 18 | 1 in 1,441 |
| Florida | #284 | 29 | 1 in 1,726 |
| Michigan | #297 | 36 | 1 in 2,413 |
| New Jersey | #297 | 25 | 1 in 2,349 |
| Georgia | #311 | 21 | 1 in 2,121 |
| Virginia | #311 | 17 | 1 in 2,363 |
| District of Columbia | #323 | 6 | 1 in 2,204 |
| Alabama | #325 | 15 | 1 in 2,291 |
| Mississippi | #332 | 12 | 1 in 2,068 |
| Illinois | #334 | 40 | 1 in 2,666 |
| New York | #350 | 61 | 1 in 2,754 |
| Tennessee | #356 | 12 | 1 in 3,018 |
| Arkansas | #359 | 7 | 1 in 2,499 |
| California | #367 | 71 | 1 in 2,467 |
| Connecticut | #367 | 7 | 1 in 3,508 |
| Pennsylvania | #390 | 29 | 1 in 3,829 |
| Texas | #393 | 40 | 1 in 2,794 |
| Arizona | #414 | 6 | 1 in 2,559 |
| Kentucky | #414 | 8 | 1 in 3,986 |
| North Carolina | #418 | 13 | 1 in 3,752 |
| Ohio | #489 | 18 | 1 in 5,791 |
| Indiana | #507 | 8 | 1 in 6,238 |
| Massachusetts | #518 | 6 | 1 in 9,004 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 52 spots since 2024 (#1,466 → #1,518)
- 96 spots since 2020 (#1,422 → #1,518)
- 14 spots since 2015 (#1,532 → #1,518)
- Biggest jump: 377 spots in 1893 (#1,278 → #901)
- Biggest drop: 528 spots in 1892 (#750 → #1,278)
Rise & fade · girls
54 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1942 at #292 (537 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 30 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 89 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 89 yrs · run 1893–1978
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,515
- Highest: 1 in 2,515 girls born in 1942 were named Rosalind (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 11,480 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 19.7% of all girls named Rosalind (5,350) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 17 | #839 (1889) | #938 |
| 1890s | 158 | #627 (1897) | #811 |
| 1900s | 314 | #537 (1904) | #652 |
| 1910s | 1,403 | #418 (1914) | #487 |
| 1920s | 2,093 | #426 (1923) | #481 |
| 1930s | 1,855 | #349 (1939) | #512 |
| 1940s | 4,409 | #292 (1942) | #345 |
| 1950s | 5,331 | #321 (1950) | #377 |
| 1960s | 5,350 | #355 (1965) | #418 |
| 1970s | 2,168 | #520 (1970) | #753 |
| 1980s | 921 | #1,232 (1984) | #1,410 |
| 1990s | 535 | #1,813 (1990) | #2,516 |
| 2000s | 404 | #3,085 (2003) | #3,653 |
| 2010s | 1,252 | #1,210 (2017) | #1,932 |
| 2020s | 926 | #1,312 (2021) | #1,431 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Rosalind in 1961
girls
#386
625 births · 1 in 3,230 girls
Top girls' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 3,230 of them was named Rosalind, which outranked 94.9% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Rosalind
Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.