Rosalyn
#1,047 for girls in 2025, 237 births
- Peak · girls
- 1952 · 417 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 23,278since 1899
Rosalyn over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Rosalyn has never cracked the top 400 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #1,047 | 237 |
| 2024 | #887 | 304 |
| 2023 | #1,006 | 252 |
| 2022 | #930 | 290 |
| 2021 | #832 | 332 |
| 2020 | #847 | 322 |
| 2019 | #859 | 312 |
| 2018 | #865 | 313 |
| 2017 | #899 | 298 |
| 2016 | #958 | 283 |
| 2015 | #1,135 | 223 |
| 2014 | #984 | 271 |
| 2013 | #1,227 | 196 |
| 2012 | #1,396 | 165 |
| 2011 | #1,427 | 159 |
| 2010 | #1,513 | 148 |
| 2009 | #1,478 | 157 |
| 2008 | #1,605 | 141 |
| 2007 | #1,859 | 113 |
| 2006 | #1,454 | 153 |
| 2005 | #1,599 | 127 |
| 2004 | #1,654 | 117 |
| 2003 | #1,896 | 96 |
| 2002 | #1,708 | 107 |
| 2001 | #1,833 | 96 |
| 2000 | #1,969 | 85 |
| 1999 | #1,857 | 85 |
| 1998 | #2,013 | 74 |
| 1997 | #1,757 | 86 |
| 1996 | #1,915 | 75 |
| 1995 | #1,651 | 89 |
| 1994 | #1,649 | 91 |
| 1993 | #1,603 | 95 |
| 1992 | #1,392 | 118 |
| 1991 | #1,420 | 113 |
| 1990 | #1,456 | 107 |
| 1989 | #1,259 | 125 |
| 1988 | #1,269 | 115 |
| 1987 | #1,088 | 140 |
| 1986 | #1,042 | 145 |
| 1985 | #939 | 167 |
| 1984 | #997 | 145 |
| 1983 | #973 | 150 |
| 1982 | #871 | 177 |
| 1981 | #864 | 180 |
| 1980 | #790 | 208 |
| 1979 | #742 | 220 |
| 1978 | #687 | 231 |
| 1977 | #655 | 245 |
| 1976 | #741 | 198 |
| 1975 | #990 | 124 |
| 1974 | #863 | 151 |
| 1973 | #801 | 163 |
| 1972 | #748 | 187 |
| 1971 | #681 | 226 |
| 1970 | #672 | 237 |
| 1969 | #661 | 226 |
| 1968 | #613 | 246 |
| 1967 | #606 | 245 |
| 1966 | #590 | 257 |
| 1965 | #543 | 304 |
| 1964 | #595 | 278 |
| 1963 | #554 | 308 |
| 1962 | #588 | 284 |
| 1961 | #529 | 341 |
| 1960 | #542 | 319 |
| 1959 | #529 | 335 |
| 1958 | #525 | 343 |
| 1957 | #513 | 343 |
| 1956 | #476 | 385 |
| 1955 | #431 | 422 |
| 1954 | #440 | 397 |
| 1953 | #424 | 419 |
| 1952 | #413 | 417 |
| 1951 | #435 | 370 |
| 1950 | #435 | 348 |
| 1949 | #454 | 310 |
| 1948 | #462 | 299 |
| 1947 | #502 | 270 |
| 1946 | #471 | 277 |
| 1945 | #485 | 221 |
| 1944 | #494 | 213 |
| 1943 | #467 | 251 |
| 1942 | #452 | 265 |
| 1941 | #445 | 238 |
| 1940 | #444 | 236 |
| 1939 | #431 | 243 |
| 1938 | #470 | 199 |
| 1937 | #488 | 180 |
| 1936 | #504 | 166 |
| 1935 | #520 | 152 |
| 1934 | #468 | 189 |
| 1933 | #507 | 158 |
| 1932 | #483 | 187 |
| 1931 | #514 | 161 |
| 1930 | #478 | 196 |
| 1929 | #522 | 170 |
| 1928 | #505 | 186 |
| 1927 | #505 | 192 |
| 1926 | #526 | 176 |
| 1925 | #511 | 190 |
| 1924 | #520 | 189 |
| 1923 | #600 | 146 |
| 1922 | #615 | 141 |
| 1921 | #595 | 147 |
| 1920 | #622 | 132 |
| 1919 | #608 | 133 |
| 1918 | #647 | 118 |
| 1917 | #746 | 89 |
| 1916 | #667 | 104 |
| 1915 | #632 | 108 |
| 1914 | #747 | 59 |
| 1913 | #694 | 56 |
| 1912 | #795 | 39 |
| 1911 | #1,031 | 18 |
| 1910 | #1,110 | 16 |
| 1909 | #890 | 21 |
| 1908 | #1,135 | 13 |
| 1907 | #1,037 | 14 |
| 1906 | #1,043 | 13 |
| 1905 | #1,093 | 12 |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 |
| 1903 | #931 | 14 |
| 1902 | — | |
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| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 |
| 1899 | #1,278 | 7 |
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First appearance
1899
The first year at least five girls were named Rosalyn! It came in at #1,278, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1901–1902, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Rosalyn is popular in 2017
- 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
- Pennsylvania#483 · 1 in 2,325
- Massachusetts#484 · 1 in 2,291
- Alabama#512 · 1 in 2,131
- Iowa#572 · 1 in 2,491
- Michigan#591 · 1 in 2,948
Best ever in a state: #181 in Massachusetts, 1932.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | #483 | 22 | 1 in 2,325 |
| Massachusetts | #484 | 11 | 1 in 2,291 |
| Alabama | #512 | 9 | 1 in 2,131 |
| Iowa | #572 | 5 | 1 in 2,491 |
| Michigan | #591 | 14 | 1 in 2,948 |
| Tennessee | #634 | 10 | 1 in 3,060 |
| Minnesota | #689 | 7 | 1 in 3,417 |
| Arizona | #701 | 9 | 1 in 3,341 |
| Kentucky | #715 | 5 | 1 in 3,576 |
| Oklahoma | #720 | 5 | 1 in 3,149 |
| California | #753 | 45 | 1 in 4,350 |
| Ohio | #771 | 12 | 1 in 4,315 |
| Colorado | #778 | 6 | 1 in 3,771 |
| North Carolina | #783 | 11 | 1 in 4,126 |
| Washington | #836 | 7 | 1 in 4,438 |
| Texas | #994 | 27 | 1 in 5,921 |
| Virginia | #1,069 | 6 | 1 in 6,005 |
| New York | #1,079 | 14 | 1 in 6,285 |
| Georgia | #1,473 | 5 | 1 in 9,425 |
| Illinois | #1,606 | 5 | 1 in 11,109 |
| Florida | #1,639 | 7 | 1 in 12,280 |
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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.
See more about Rosalyn
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 160 spots since 2024 (#887 → #1,047)
- 200 spots since 2020 (#847 → #1,047)
- 88 spots since 2015 (#1,135 → #1,047)
- Biggest jump: 249 spots in 1976 (#990 → #741)
- Biggest drop: 555 spots in 1904 (#931 → #1,486)
Rise & fade · girls
53 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1899
- Peaked 1952 at #413 (417 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 20 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 85 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 85 yrs · run 1912–1985
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,447
- Highest: 1 in 4,447 girls born in 1952 were named Rosalyn (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,782 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 16.2% of all girls named Rosalyn (3,779) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 7 | #1,278 (1899) | #1,278 |
| 1900s | 100 | #890 (1909) | #1,167 |
| 1910s | 740 | #608 (1919) | #768 |
| 1920s | 1,669 | #505 (1927) | #552 |
| 1930s | 1,831 | #431 (1939) | #486 |
| 1940s | 2,580 | #444 (1940) | #468 |
| 1950s | 3,779 | #413 (1952) | #462 |
| 1960s | 2,808 | #529 (1961) | #582 |
| 1970s | 1,982 | #655 (1977) | #758 |
| 1980s | 1,552 | #790 (1980) | #1,009 |
| 1990s | 933 | #1,392 (1992) | #1,671 |
| 2000s | 1,192 | #1,454 (2006) | #1,706 |
| 2010s | 2,368 | #859 (2019) | #1,126 |
| 2020s | 1,737 | #832 (2021) | #925 |
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.
Rosalyn in 2017
girls
#899
298 births · 1 in 5,793 girls
Top girls' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 5,793 of them was named Rosalyn, which outranked 95.1% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Rosalyn
- #896Kassandra300
- #897Abril299
- #897Emmaline299
- #899Rosalyn298
- #899Kailyn298
- #899Marleigh298
- #899Vienna298
- #903Itzayana297
- #903Novalee297
- #905Hadleigh296
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
Fallers
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.