Roslyn

#1,427 for girls in 2025, 151 births · Last seen for boys in 1949 at #3,690
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1927 · 301 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
18,647
since 1891

Roslyn over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Roslyn has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201926peak #396, 1927girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,427151
2024#1,363167
2023#1,446154
2022#1,259190
2021#1,379159
2020#1,369159
2019#1,239189
2018#1,346167
2017#1,303180
2016#1,152218
2015#1,311181
2014#1,268190
2013#1,351172
2012#1,552141
2011#1,564140
2010#1,809113
2009#2,06499
2008#2,13794
2007#2,56872
2006#2,70166
2005#2,70462
2004#2,55665
2003#2,88553
2002#3,81034
2001#2,76653
2000#2,85450
1999#2,99144
1998#2,57053
1997#2,97740
1996#2,55849
1995#2,08365
1994#2,79743
1993#1,94272
1992#2,15662
1991#2,21559
1990#2,28955
1989#1,94366
1988#1,61480
1987#1,96257
1986#1,66970
1985#1,60474
1984#1,41482
1983#1,58570
1982#1,48980
1981#1,40687
1980#1,43385
1979#1,33892
1978#1,38684
1977#1,102117
1976#1,092111
1975#1,21195
1974#1,008119
1973#890141
1972#901139
1971#859157
1970#767188
1969#708200
1968#732181
1967#705192
1966#626232
1965#569281
1964#588283
1963#615268
1962#583288
1961#568309
1960#572296
1959#533330
1958#526341
1957#523335
1956#482376
1955#534297
1954#592233
1953#575235
1952#506277
1951#533246
1950#490271
1949#570216#3,6905
1948#537238
1947#538243
1946#573194
1945#544180
1944#571164
1943#537195
1942#533195
1941#534172
1940#544160
1939#549148
1938#540159
1937#612121
1936#535148
1935#554133
1934#533148
1933#528145
1932#485186
1931#425233
1930#407258
1929#443221#3,9595
1928#415270
1927#396301
1926#420264
1925#437250
1924#437255
1923#413262
1922#441235
1921#452233
1920#459216
1919#497183
1918#520177
1917#507170
1916#547147
1915#593120
1914#58295
1913#64365
1912#74745
1911#70438
1910#94121
1909#99017
1908#1,26111
1907#1,14212
1906#1,00214
1905#92616
1904#96514
1903#1,13710
1902
1901#1,3397
1900#1,9325
1899#1,3946
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891#1,3325
1890
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1880
First appearance
1891

The first year at least five girls were named Roslyn! It came in at #1,332, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1891–1898, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 64 spots since 2024 (#1,363#1,427)
  • 58 spots since 2020 (#1,369#1,427)
  • 116 spots since 2015 (#1,311#1,427)
  • Biggest jump: 271 spots in 1909 (#1,261#990)
  • Biggest drop: 118 spots in 1974 (#890#1,008)
Rise & fade · girls
36 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1891
  • Peaked 1927 at #396 (301 births)
  • Births halved by 1933, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 67 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 67 yrs · run 1909–1973
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,962
  • Highest: 1 in 3,962 girls born in 1927 were named Roslyn (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 10,644 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 15.8% of all girls named Roslyn (2,941) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s11#1,332 (1891)#1,363
1900s106#926 (1905)#1,188
1910s1,061#497 (1919)#628
1920s2,507#396 (1927)#431
1930s1,679#407 (1930)#517
1940s1,957#533 (1942)#548
1950s2,941#482 (1956)#529
1960s2,530#568 (1961)#627
1970s1,243#767 (1970)#1,055
1980s751#1,406 (1981)#1,612
1990s542#1,942 (1993)#2,458
2000s648#2,064 (2009)#2,705
2010s1,691#1,152 (2016)#1,390
2020s980#1,259 (2022)#1,374

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.

Roslyn in 1926

girls
#420
264 births · 1 in 4,490 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. #420Roslyn264
More about 1926

girls

1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 4,490 of them was named Roslyn, which outranked 92.5% 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 Roslyn
  1. #417Nola268
  2. #418Lorena266
  3. #419Louella265
  4. #420Roslyn264
  5. #420Dortha264
  6. #422Ester263
  7. #422Iona263
  8. #422Jaunita263

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