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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201941peak #396, 1927girls
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

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
1889
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1886
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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.

Where Roslyn is popular in 1941

  • 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: #528 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 8,731 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedWIMichigan: #527 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,573 girlsMINew York: #219 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 1,635 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedMARhode 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: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #331 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 4,135 girlsPANew Jersey: #290 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,241 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: #289 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,946 girlsMDDelaware: 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: #213 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,460 girlsDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #490 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,943 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedALGeorgia: #449 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,424 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedHITexas: #895 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 12,751 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Roslyn, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. District of Columbia#213 · 1 in 1,460
  2. New York#219 · 1 in 1,635
  3. Maryland#289 · 1 in 2,946
  4. New Jersey#290 · 1 in 3,241
  5. Pennsylvania#331 · 1 in 4,135

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#21351 in 1,460
New York#219591 in 1,635
Maryland#28951 in 2,946
New Jersey#29091 in 3,241
Pennsylvania#331191 in 4,135
Georgia#44961 in 5,424
Louisiana#49051 in 4,943
Michigan#52751 in 9,573
Illinois#52871 in 8,731
Texas#89551 in 12,751
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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 1941

girls
#534
172 births · 1 in 7,024 girls

Top girls' names in 1941

  1. #1Mary58,048
  2. #2Barbara39,543
  3. #3Patricia36,905
  4. #4Carol24,187
  5. #5Linda23,721
  6. #6Judith23,320
  7. #7Betty20,905
  8. #8Nancy20,885
  9. #9Sandra19,500
  10. #10Shirley16,954
  11. #534Roslyn172
More about 1941

girls

1,208,119 girls got a published name in 1941; 1 in 7,024 of them was named Roslyn, which outranked 89.5% of the 5,085 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Roslyn
  1. #530Ladonna174
  2. #530Sophie174
  3. #533Nan173
  4. #534Roslyn172
  5. #534Kitty172
  6. #534Michele172
  7. #537Aurora171
  8. #537Lorena171
  9. #537Rosanne171

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

Biggest movers since 1940
Risers
  1. 2,130Jerilyn#2,737#607
  2. 1,258Trina#2,109#851
  3. 372Karan#1,347#975
  4. 371Kristine#1,313#942
  5. 356Sherri#1,186#830
Fallers
  1. 447Kenneth#971#1,418
  2. 421Janna#997#1,418
  3. 366Beatriz#989#1,355
  4. 338Merna#997#1,335
  5. 337Eldora#957#1,294

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

See the top 100 for 1941