Roselyn
- #979 for girls in 2025, 259 births
- Peak · girls
- 1931 · 125 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 14,556since 1894
Roselyn over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Roselyn has never cracked the top 500 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 | #979 | 259 |
| 2024 | #1,027 | 245 |
| 2023 | #923 | 287 |
| 2022 | #821 | 342 |
| 2021 | #737 | 387 |
| 2020 | #725 | 383 |
| 2019 | #671 | 432 |
| 2018 | #646 | 459 |
| 2017 | #669 | 439 |
| 2016 | #835 | 344 |
| 2015 | #734 | 384 |
| 2014 | #813 | 340 |
| 2013 | #820 | 328 |
| 2012 | #856 | 312 |
| 2011 | #875 | 298 |
| 2010 | #928 | 279 |
| 2009 | #924 | 289 |
| 2008 | #855 | 325 |
| 2007 | #923 | 293 |
| 2006 | #710 | 402 |
| 2005 | #702 | 392 |
| 2004 | #612 | 449 |
| 2003 | #967 | 240 |
| 2002 | #2,467 | 64 |
| 2001 | #3,046 | 46 |
| 2000 | #2,940 | 48 |
| 1999 | #2,640 | 53 |
| 1998 | #3,222 | 38 |
| 1997 | #2,934 | 41 |
| 1996 | #2,714 | 45 |
| 1995 | #2,788 | 43 |
| 1994 | #2,752 | 44 |
| 1993 | #2,241 | 58 |
| 1992 | #3,218 | 35 |
| 1991 | #2,593 | 47 |
| 1990 | #3,078 | 36 |
| 1989 | #2,618 | 43 |
| 1988 | #3,039 | 33 |
| 1987 | #2,852 | 34 |
| 1986 | #2,470 | 40 |
| 1985 | #1,997 | 54 |
| 1984 | #2,149 | 46 |
| 1983 | #2,198 | 44 |
| 1982 | #2,704 | 34 |
| 1981 | #2,158 | 47 |
| 1980 | #1,785 | 61 |
| 1979 | #2,273 | 42 |
| 1978 | #2,092 | 45 |
| 1977 | #1,637 | 64 |
| 1976 | #3,002 | 24 |
| 1975 | #2,516 | 31 |
| 1974 | #2,497 | 30 |
| 1973 | #1,805 | 47 |
| 1972 | #1,946 | 42 |
| 1971 | #1,730 | 52 |
| 1970 | #1,952 | 43 |
| 1969 | #1,546 | 59 |
| 1968 | #1,418 | 63 |
| 1967 | #1,581 | 51 |
| 1966 | #1,488 | 55 |
| 1965 | #1,407 | 61 |
| 1964 | #1,361 | 68 |
| 1963 | #1,280 | 74 |
| 1962 | #1,383 | 64 |
| 1961 | #1,297 | 73 |
| 1960 | #1,253 | 76 |
| 1959 | #1,165 | 83 |
| 1958 | #1,240 | 73 |
| 1957 | #1,055 | 97 |
| 1956 | #1,086 | 90 |
| 1955 | #1,020 | 97 |
| 1954 | #1,014 | 93 |
| 1953 | #968 | 97 |
| 1952 | #897 | 106 |
| 1951 | #945 | 96 |
| 1950 | #927 | 92 |
| 1949 | #973 | 84 |
| 1948 | #876 | 99 |
| 1947 | #838 | 109 |
| 1946 | #867 | 91 |
| 1945 | #830 | 82 |
| 1944 | #812 | 88 |
| 1943 | #699 | 119 |
| 1942 | #648 | 132 |
| 1941 | #713 | 97 |
| 1940 | #672 | 106 |
| 1939 | #693 | 97 |
| 1938 | #717 | 91 |
| 1937 | #695 | 97 |
| 1936 | #631 | 110 |
| 1935 | #737 | 84 |
| 1934 | #724 | 85 |
| 1933 | #721 | 82 |
| 1932 | #650 | 106 |
| 1931 | #591 | 125 |
| 1930 | #593 | 134 |
| 1929 | #638 | 118 |
| 1928 | #658 | 113 |
| 1927 | #651 | 123 |
| 1926 | #719 | 103 |
| 1925 | #688 | 114 |
| 1924 | #736 | 100 |
| 1923 | #729 | 99 |
| 1922 | #694 | 111 |
| 1921 | #813 | 81 |
| 1920 | #807 | 81 |
| 1919 | #789 | 80 |
| 1918 | #796 | 80 |
| 1917 | #807 | 73 |
| 1916 | #820 | 68 |
| 1915 | #802 | 67 |
| 1914 | #827 | 50 |
| 1913 | #981 | 30 |
| 1912 | #1,178 | 20 |
| 1911 | #1,300 | 13 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 |
| 1909 | #1,219 | 12 |
| 1908 | #1,203 | 12 |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 |
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 |
| 1893 | — | |
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| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1894
The first year at least five girls were named Roselyn! It came in at #1,485, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1894–1897, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Roselyn is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Wisconsin#612 · 1 in 2,894
- Pennsylvania#689 · 1 in 3,335
- Missouri#728 · 1 in 3,471
- Ohio#743 · 1 in 3,939
- Illinois#797 · 1 in 4,030
Best ever in a state: #163 in South Dakota, 1945.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | #612 | 7 | 1 in 2,894 |
| Pennsylvania | #689 | 14 | 1 in 3,335 |
| Missouri | #728 | 7 | 1 in 3,471 |
| Ohio | #743 | 12 | 1 in 3,939 |
| Illinois | #797 | 11 | 1 in 4,030 |
| Washington | #811 | 7 | 1 in 4,123 |
| Indiana | #815 | 7 | 1 in 3,987 |
| Alabama | #819 | 5 | 1 in 3,664 |
| Florida | #825 | 19 | 1 in 4,566 |
| Michigan | #863 | 8 | 1 in 4,466 |
| Texas | #878 | 33 | 1 in 4,865 |
| Colorado | #907 | 5 | 1 in 4,665 |
| Georgia | #915 | 10 | 1 in 4,521 |
| Virginia | #936 | 7 | 1 in 4,820 |
| California | #948 | 29 | 1 in 5,577 |
| North Carolina | #1,281 | 6 | 1 in 7,747 |
| New York | #1,312 | 10 | 1 in 7,833 |
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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
Falling
- 48 spots since 2024 (#1,027 → #979)
- 254 spots since 2020 (#725 → #979)
- Biggest jump: 1,500 spots in 2003
- Biggest drop: 213 spots in 2007
Rise & fade · girls
37 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1894
- Peaked 1931 at #591 (125 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 34 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 63 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1913–1953
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,706
- Highest: 1 in 3,706 girls born in 2018 were named Roselyn (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,206 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #591 in 1931, was only 1 in 8,518 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 24.8% of all girls named Roselyn (3,615) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 11 | #1,485 (1894) | #1,494 |
| 1900s | 62 | #1,203 (1908) | #1,517 |
| 1910s | 492 | #789 (1919) | #972 |
| 1920s | 1,043 | #638 (1929) | #713 |
| 1930s | 1,011 | #591 (1931) | #675 |
| 1940s | 1,007 | #648 (1942) | #793 |
| 1950s | 924 | #897 (1952) | #1,032 |
| 1960s | 644 | #1,253 (1960) | #1,401 |
| 1970s | 420 | #1,637 (1977) | #2,145 |
| 1980s | 436 | #1,785 (1980) | #2,397 |
| 1990s | 440 | #2,241 (1993) | #2,818 |
| 2000s | 2,548 | #612 (2004) | #1,415 |
| 2010s | 3,615 | #646 (2018) | #785 |
| 2020s | 1,903 | #725 (2020) | #869 |
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.
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