Rosalind

#1,518 for girls in 2025, 140 births

Peak · girls
1942 · 537 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
27,136
since 1888

Rosalind over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Rosalind has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202018peak #292, 1942girls
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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
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#1,518140
2024#1,466149
2023#1,439155
2022#1,431157
2021#1,312172
2020#1,422153
2019#1,255185
2018#1,255184
2017#1,210198
2016#1,425162
2015#1,532146
2014#1,967101
2013#2,09691
2012#2,47474
2011#2,79662
2010#3,30649
2009#4,19636
2008#4,44834
2007#3,37649
2006#3,79540
2005#4,02935
2004#3,33345
2003#3,08548
2002#3,39440
2001#3,41739
2000#3,45338
1999#3,09942
1998#3,11640
1997#2,73345
1996#2,59148
1995#2,78843
1994#2,54149
1993#2,53349
1992#2,03367
1991#1,91373
1990#1,81379
1989#1,70180
1988#1,67177
1987#1,58179
1986#1,42090
1985#1,35097
1984#1,232105
1983#1,27297
1982#1,251104
1981#1,34093
1980#1,28699
1979#1,140117
1978#913155
1977#838178
1976#723202
1975#757188
1974#759184
1973#695214
1972#599266
1971#588296
1970#520368
1969#509367
1968#505369
1967#440460
1966#412505
1965#355652
1964#417543
1963#411546
1962#372634
1961#386625
1960#375649
1959#374650
1958#381585
1957#390544
1956#366571
1955#432421
1954#401466
1953#374518
1952#371500
1951#355505
1950#321571
1949#362475
1948#348499
1947#375456
1946#361444
1945#362368
1944#384337
1943#306516
1942#292537
1941#325409
1940#332368
1939#349336
1938#415264
1937#376295
1936#457196
1935#512156
1934#607118
1933#616111
1932#587125
1931#594124
1930#606130
1929#546157
1928#575151
1927#485207
1926#489203
1925#473214
1924#447243
1923#426249
1922#433238
1921#463221
1920#469210
1919#510177
1918#473201
1917#468192
1916#463190
1915#491156
1914#418163
1913#461117
1912#52186
1911#51166
1910#55055
1909#56646
1908#63936
1907#56442
1906#70727
1905#58735
1904#53738
1903#65426
1902#81818
1901#61526
1900#83320
1899#87814
1898#63126
1897#62724
1896#72819
1895#74618
1894#81214
1893#90111
1892#1,2786
1891#75013
1890#75813
1889#83910
1888#1,0367
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 2018

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalind, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalind, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalind, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalind, so not publishedNHWashington: #1,071 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,082 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalind, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalind, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalind, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalind, so not publishedMNIllinois: #742 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,824 girlsILWisconsin: #660 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,179 girlsWIMichigan: #1,006 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,749 girlsMINew York: #1,568 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 10,836 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalind, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalind, so not publishedRIOregon: #542 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,333 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalind, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalind, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalind, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalind, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalind, so not publishedINOhio: #890 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,102 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalind, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalind, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalind, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,686 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 13,534 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalind, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalind, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalind, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalind, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalind, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalind, so not publishedWVVirginia: #1,039 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,991 girlsVAMaryland: #920 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,670 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalind, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalind, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalind, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalind, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalind, so not publishedARTennessee: #1,098 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,235 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #989 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,626 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalind, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalind, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalind, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalind, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalind, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalind, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalind, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalind, so not publishedHITexas: #1,742 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 13,243 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Rosalind, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oregon#542 · 1 in 2,333
  2. Wisconsin#660 · 1 in 3,179
  3. Illinois#742 · 1 in 3,824
  4. Ohio#890 · 1 in 5,102
  5. Maryland#920 · 1 in 4,670

Best ever in a state: #143 in New York, 1923.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oregon#54261 in 2,333
Wisconsin#66071 in 3,179
Illinois#742141 in 3,824
Ohio#890101 in 5,102
Maryland#92051 in 4,670
North Carolina#98981 in 5,626
Michigan#1,00671 in 5,749
Virginia#1,03961 in 5,991
Washington#1,07151 in 6,082
Tennessee#1,09851 in 6,235
New York#1,56881 in 10,836
California#1,686141 in 13,534
Texas#1,742121 in 13,243
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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 Rosalind
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s17#839 (1889)#938
1890s158#627 (1897)#811
1900s314#537 (1904)#652
1910s1,403#418 (1914)#487
1920s2,093#426 (1923)#481
1930s1,855#349 (1939)#512
1940s4,409#292 (1942)#345
1950s5,331#321 (1950)#377
1960s5,350#355 (1965)#418
1970s2,168#520 (1970)#753
1980s921#1,232 (1984)#1,410
1990s535#1,813 (1990)#2,516
2000s404#3,085 (2003)#3,653
2010s1,252#1,210 (2017)#1,932
2020s926#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 2018

girls
#1,255
184 births · 1 in 9,245 girls

Top girls' names in 2018

  1. #1Emma18,824
  2. #2Olivia18,061
  3. #3Ava15,034
  4. #4Isabella14,575
  5. #5Sophia14,013
  6. #6Charlotte13,038
  7. #7Mia12,742
  8. #8Amelia12,405
  9. #9Harper10,646
  10. #10Evelyn10,433
  11. #1,255Rosalind184
More about 2018

girls

1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 9,245 of them was named Rosalind, which outranked 93.1% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rosalind
  1. #1,250Georgina185
  2. #1,250Isadora185
  3. #1,250Rita185
  4. #1,255Rosalind184
  5. #1,255Ally184
  6. #1,255Amilia184
  7. #1,255Cassie184
  8. #1,262Amal183
  9. #1,262Asia183
  10. #1,262Elissa183

Tied with 6 names at #1,255; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. 680Meghan#1,387#707
  2. 567Dior#1,360#793
  3. 367Palmer#1,042#675
  4. 361Adalee#1,217#856
  5. 346Oaklynn#888#542
Fallers
  1. 334Audrina#847#1,181
  2. 234Courtney#952#1,186
  3. 232Marjorie#938#1,170
  4. 228Anabelle#969#1,197
  5. 225Angelique#799#1,024

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2018