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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201938peak #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
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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—
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1937#612121—
1936#535148—
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1934#533148—
1933#528145—
1932#485186—
1931#425233—
1930#407258—
1929#443221#3,9595
1928#415270—
1927#396301—
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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—
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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.

Where Roslyn is popular in 1938

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedMNIllinois: #481 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,901 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedMINew York: #189 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 1,337 girlsNYMassachusetts: #340 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,617 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedINOhio: #490 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,512 girlsOHPennsylvania: #336 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 4,131 girlsPANew Jersey: #309 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,529 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedALGeorgia: #406 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,402 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedHITexas: #797 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,618 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New York#189 · 1 in 1,337
  2. New Jersey#309 · 1 in 3,529
  3. Pennsylvania#336 · 1 in 4,131
  4. Massachusetts#340 · 1 in 5,617
  5. Georgia#406 · 1 in 4,402

Best ever in a state: #110 in New York, 1927.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New York#189641 in 1,337
New Jersey#30971 in 3,529
Pennsylvania#336181 in 4,131
Massachusetts#34051 in 5,617
Georgia#40671 in 4,402
Illinois#48181 in 6,901
Ohio#49061 in 8,512
Texas#79761 in 9,618
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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 Roslyn
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 1938

girls
#540
159 births · 1 in 6,940 girls

Top girls' names in 1938

  1. #1Mary56,225
  2. #2Barbara39,277
  3. #3Patricia27,560
  4. #4Betty25,506
  5. #5Shirley23,766
  6. #6Carol19,421
  7. #7Nancy18,951
  8. #8Dorothy16,358
  9. #9Margaret15,330
  10. #10Joan14,303
  11. #540Roslyn159
More about 1938

girls

1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 6,940 of them was named Roslyn, which outranked 89.2% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Roslyn
  1. #537Emilie160
  2. #537Jolene160
  3. #537Lelia160
  4. #540Roslyn159
  5. #541Bertie158
  6. #541Loraine158
  7. #541Marlyn158
Biggest movers since 1937
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,209Danielle#2,940 → #731
  2. ↑ 833Lorelei#1,451 → #618
  3. ↑ 623Helaine#1,493 → #870
  4. ↑ 399Janine#1,330 → #931
  5. ↑ 392Imelda#1,282 → #890
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,261Noreta#964 → #2,225
  2. ↓ 513Norita#532 → #1,045
  3. ↓ 432Noretta#856 → #1,288
  4. ↓ 366Ferne#950 → #1,316
  5. ↓ 327Verdell#904 → #1,231

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

See the top 100 for 1938 →