Rosalinda — #2379 US girls' name
15,538 babies named Rosalinda in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 87% of names given to girls today.
16% of everyone ever named Rosalinda was born in this single decade.
334 babies were named Rosalinda in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rosalinda
The Social Security Administration has registered 15,538 babies named Rosalinda between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rosalinda currently holds the #2379 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 334 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rosalinda performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 2,522 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Rosalinda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 7,184 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Rosalinda in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rosalinda 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 15,538 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.
Rosalinda at a glance
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Current rank
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Rosalinda popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1914
- Peak year (2000)
- 334
- Annual births at peak — across 111 years of records
Currently ranks #2379 among girls.
15,538 total births across 111 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 334 births in a single year.
Rosalinda popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1981 (Rosalinda as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Rosalinda accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Rosalinda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 2,522 births that decade — 16% of Rosalinda's all-time total
Rosalinda decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,522 births
- Runner-up 2,518 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Rosalinda's strongest decade
2,522 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 16% of all-time use.
Rosalinda by state
Where Rosalinda concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 7,184 | 46.2% |
| #2 | California | | 3,486 | 22.4% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 501 | 3.2% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 385 | 2.5% |
| #5 | Florida | | 346 | 2.2% |
| #6 | New York | | 268 | 1.7% |
| #7 | Washington | | 117 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 84 | 0.5% |
7,184 of 15,538 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 46.2% of nationwide
- California 22.4% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.2% of nationwide
- Arizona 2.5% of nationwide
- Florida 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 23 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 46.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Rosalinda appears in 23 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1914–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.