Rosalind — #1468 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Rosalind

The Social Security Administration has registered 26,995 babies named Rosalind between 1888 and 2024, spanning 137 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rosalind currently holds the #1468 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1965, when 652 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rosalind performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 5,350 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Rosalind shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 4,327 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Rosalind in 41 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rosalind in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 26,995 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.