Roswell
#9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · boys
- 1891 · 20 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,411since 1880
Roswell over time
Rank among boys' names. Roswell has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2024 | #7,765 | 10 |
| 2023 | #8,921 | 8 |
| 2022 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #8,140 | 9 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #2,907 | 9 |
| 1967 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | #2,177 | 14 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,798 | 9 |
| 1955 | #2,764 | 9 |
| 1954 | #1,887 | 17 |
| 1953 | #2,186 | 13 |
| 1952 | #2,073 | 14 |
| 1951 | #2,246 | 12 |
| 1950 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #2,022 | 14 |
| 1948 | #2,218 | 12 |
| 1947 | #1,733 | 19 |
| 1946 | #1,759 | 17 |
| 1945 | #1,697 | 16 |
| 1944 | #1,988 | 13 |
| 1943 | #1,764 | 17 |
| 1942 | #1,381 | 25 |
| 1941 | #2,207 | 11 |
| 1940 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #1,879 | 14 |
| 1938 | #1,521 | 20 |
| 1937 | #1,688 | 17 |
| 1936 | #1,505 | 20 |
| 1935 | #1,494 | 21 |
| 1934 | #2,022 | 13 |
| 1933 | #2,214 | 11 |
| 1932 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1931 | #1,427 | 24 |
| 1930 | #1,964 | 15 |
| 1929 | #1,339 | 28 |
| 1928 | #1,611 | 22 |
| 1927 | #1,350 | 30 |
| 1926 | #1,174 | 37 |
| 1925 | #1,390 | 28 |
| 1924 | #1,532 | 25 |
| 1923 | #1,551 | 24 |
| 1922 | #1,259 | 33 |
| 1921 | #1,267 | 33 |
| 1920 | #1,089 | 42 |
| 1919 | #973 | 48 |
| 1918 | #996 | 45 |
| 1917 | #1,132 | 35 |
| 1916 | #1,265 | 28 |
| 1915 | #1,100 | 34 |
| 1914 | #1,073 | 28 |
| 1913 | #1,023 | 24 |
| 1912 | #970 | 22 |
| 1911 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | #1,314 | 7 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #946 | 9 |
| 1907 | #1,200 | 6 |
| 1906 | #1,004 | 7 |
| 1905 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | #1,205 | 5 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | #714 | 9 |
| 1898 | #885 | 7 |
| 1897 | #473 | 17 |
| 1896 | #982 | 6 |
| 1895 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | #668 | 10 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #547 | 14 |
| 1891 | #386 | 20 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #647 | 9 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | #892 | 5 |
| 1882 | #691 | 8 |
| 1881 | #706 | 7 |
| 1880 | #909 | 5 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Roswell was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1885, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Roswell is popular in 1922
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#467 · 1 in 11,610
- Georgia#507 · 1 in 6,153
Best ever in a state: #304 in Michigan, 1914.
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| New York | #467 | 8 | 1 in 11,610 |
| Georgia | #507 | 5 | 1 in 6,153 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Roswell
- 1,949 spots since 2024 (#7,765 → #9,714)
- 2,212 spots since 2020 (#7,502 → #9,714)
- Biggest jump: 770 spots in 1912 (#1,740 → #970)
- Biggest drop: 412 spots in 1898 (#473 → #885)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1891 at #386 (20 births)
- Births halved by 1893, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1880–1884
- Highest: 1 in 5,060 boys born in 1891 were named Roswell (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 21.4% of all boys named Roswell (302) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 39 | #647 (1886) | #803 |
| 1890s | 88 | #386 (1891) | #717 |
| 1900s | 38 | #946 (1908) | #1,084 |
| 1910s | 276 | #970 (1912) | #1,159 |
| 1920s | 302 | #1,089 (1920) | #1,356 |
| 1930s | 168 | #1,427 (1931) | #1,782 |
| 1940s | 154 | #1,381 (1942) | #1,909 |
| 1950s | 103 | #1,887 (1954) | #2,476 |
| 1960s | 75 | #2,538 (1961) | #3,246 |
| 1970s | 37 | #3,658 (1971) | #4,006 |
| 1980s | 37 | #4,968 (1987) | #6,020 |
| 1990s | 11 | #8,479 (1998) | #8,747 |
| 2000s | 22 | #8,456 (2002) | #10,768 |
| 2010s | 20 | #8,140 (2017) | #10,393 |
| 2020s | 41 | #7,502 (2020) | #8,953 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Roswell in 1922
Top boys' names in 1922
More about 1922
boys
1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 32,974 of them was named Roswell, which outranked 74.7% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,242Salvator34
- #1,242Waverly34
- #1,242Winifred34
- #1,259Roswell33
- #1,259Alma33
- #1,259Arno33
- #1,259Attilio33
- #1,282Algie32
- #1,282Beauford32
- #1,282Benard32
Tied with 22 names at #1,259; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.