Roselyn

#979 for girls in 2025, 259 births

Peak · girls
1931 · 125 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
14,556
since 1894

Roselyn over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Roselyn has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201926peak #591, 1931girls
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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#979259
2024#1,027245
2023#923287
2022#821342
2021#737387
2020#725383
2019#671432
2018#646459
2017#669439
2016#835344
2015#734384
2014#813340
2013#820328
2012#856312
2011#875298
2010#928279
2009#924289
2008#855325
2007#923293
2006#710402
2005#702392
2004#612449
2003#967240
2002#2,46764
2001#3,04646
2000#2,94048
1999#2,64053
1998#3,22238
1997#2,93441
1996#2,71445
1995#2,78843
1994#2,75244
1993#2,24158
1992#3,21835
1991#2,59347
1990#3,07836
1989#2,61843
1988#3,03933
1987#2,85234
1986#2,47040
1985#1,99754
1984#2,14946
1983#2,19844
1982#2,70434
1981#2,15847
1980#1,78561
1979#2,27342
1978#2,09245
1977#1,63764
1976#3,00224
1975#2,51631
1974#2,49730
1973#1,80547
1972#1,94642
1971#1,73052
1970#1,95243
1969#1,54659
1968#1,41863
1967#1,58151
1966#1,48855
1965#1,40761
1964#1,36168
1963#1,28074
1962#1,38364
1961#1,29773
1960#1,25376
1959#1,16583
1958#1,24073
1957#1,05597
1956#1,08690
1955#1,02097
1954#1,01493
1953#96897
1952#897106
1951#94596
1950#92792
1949#97384
1948#87699
1947#838109
1946#86791
1945#83082
1944#81288
1943#699119
1942#648132
1941#71397
1940#672106
1939#69397
1938#71791
1937#69597
1936#631110
1935#73784
1934#72485
1933#72182
1932#650106
1931#591125
1930#593134
1929#638118
1928#658113
1927#651123
1926#719103
1925#688114
1924#736100
1923#72999
1922#694111
1921#81381
1920#80781
1919#78980
1918#79680
1917#80773
1916#82068
1915#80267
1914#82750
1913#98130
1912#1,17820
1911#1,30013
1910#1,42111
1909#1,21912
1908#1,20312
1907#2,0615
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1905#1,5387
1904#1,4867
1903#1,4407
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1901#1,4666
1900#1,7236
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1898#1,5026
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1894#1,4855
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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 1926

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #344 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,614 girlsMNIllinois: #342 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,969 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedWIMichigan: #421 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,849 girlsMINew York: #451 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 7,582 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedIAIndiana: #334 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,733 girlsINOhio: #465 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,760 girlsOHPennsylvania: #513 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 11,438 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Roselyn, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Indiana#334 · 1 in 3,733
  2. Illinois#342 · 1 in 3,969
  3. Minnesota#344 · 1 in 3,614
  4. Michigan#421 · 1 in 5,849
  5. New York#451 · 1 in 7,582

Best ever in a state: #163 in South Dakota, 1945.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Indiana#33471 in 3,733
Illinois#342151 in 3,969
Minnesota#34461 in 3,614
Michigan#42171 in 5,849
New York#451131 in 7,582
Ohio#46571 in 7,760
Pennsylvania#51381 in 11,438
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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 Roselyn
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 48 spots since 2024 (#1,027 → #979)
  • 254 spots since 2020 (#725 → #979)
  • 245 spots since 2015 (#734 → #979)
  • Biggest jump: 1,500 spots in 2003 (#2,467 → #967)
  • Biggest drop: 213 spots in 2007 (#710 → #923)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s11#1,485 (1894)#1,494
1900s62#1,203 (1908)#1,517
1910s492#789 (1919)#972
1920s1,043#638 (1929)#713
1930s1,011#591 (1931)#675
1940s1,007#648 (1942)#793
1950s924#897 (1952)#1,032
1960s644#1,253 (1960)#1,401
1970s420#1,637 (1977)#2,145
1980s436#1,785 (1980)#2,397
1990s440#2,241 (1993)#2,818
2000s2,548#612 (2004)#1,415
2010s3,615#646 (2018)#785
2020s1,903#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.

Roselyn in 1926

girls
#719
103 births · 1 in 11,509 girls

Top girls' names in 1926

  1. #1Mary67,832
  2. #2Dorothy36,618
  3. #3Betty32,964
  4. #4Helen26,886
  5. #5Margaret23,072
  6. #6Ruth20,225
  7. #7Doris16,295
  8. #8Virginia16,161
  9. #9Mildred13,547
  10. #10Frances13,355
  11. #719Roselyn103
More about 1926

girls

1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 11,509 of them was named Roselyn, which outranked 87.2% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Roselyn
  1. #713Lavina104
  2. #713Norine104
  3. #713Rosina104
  4. #719Roselyn103
  5. #719Francine103
  6. #721Laverna102
  7. #722Carlene101
  8. #722Gerry101

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
  2. ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
  3. ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
  4. ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
  5. ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Fallers
  1. ↓ 597Albertine#944 → #1,541
  2. ↓ 462Cleora#895 → #1,357
  3. ↓ 461Lorrayne#988 → #1,449
  4. ↓ 453Hermina#996 → #1,449
  5. ↓ 307Ethelene#913 → #1,220

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

See the top 100 for 1926 →