Girls' name · since 1916
Rosalene
504 babies named Rosalene in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1938. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,812 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,320 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 504
- born since 1916
- 1930s
- peak decade
504 babies have been named Rosalene since 1916, making it today's #13320 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Rosalene recorded 504 times among girls since 1916, holding rank #13320 nationally today, ahead of 23% of girls, peaking in the 1930s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2025.
- #11,812 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,320 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 504 born since 1916
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rosalene ranks #11,812 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,320 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 504 born since 1916, peaking in the 1930s.
- #11,812 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,320 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 504
- born since 1916
- 1930s
- peak decade
Rosalene's 504 recorded births place it above 83.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Rosalene compares
504 Top 45% higher than 55% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Rosalene's all-time total is 34% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rosalene | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 504 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 21 | 19,840 |
Rosalene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rosalene's SSA record in two at 1944 and the more recent half accounts for 36% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 64%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1916, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1938 peak of 25, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rosalene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2025
- Peak year (1938)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Rosalene by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (144 births, 29% of the file).
1930s was Rosalene's strongest decade.
144 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Rosalene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 27
1910s
27 births
- 1920s
1920s
117 births
- 1930s
1930s
144 births
- 1940s
1940s
81 births
- 1950s 42
1950s
42 births
- 1960s 16
1960s
16 births
- 2010s 46
2010s
46 births
- 2020s 31
2020s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 144 births (29% of all-time use).
How Rosalene compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Rosalene's total volume
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What to do with Rosalene's data
- Rosalene's decade-level peak was the 1930s (144 total births); usage has since declined to 31 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Rosalene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1938)
Similar record span (~109 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1916–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Rosalene draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.