Rosalyn
Rosalyn was given to 237 girls in 2025, #1,051 among girls’ names; 23,278 Americans have been recorded with it since 1899 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 16,900 Americans named Rosalyn and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (72% of everyone recorded); the median is 50 years old and half are between 17 and 69.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Rosalyn by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Rosalyn mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Rosalyn is “a female given name from Latin, variant of Rosaline.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Rosalyn?
#1,051 among girls’ names, 2025
Rosalyn rose from #1,138 in 2015 to #1,051 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.12 to 0.15 per 1,000.
422 babies in 1955, the peak
Rosalyn peaked in 1955, when 422 girls were given it, #430 among girls’ names. The 237 births of 2025 are 56% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 237 | #1,051 | 0.15 |
| 2024 | 304 | #888 | 0.19 |
| 2023 | 252 | #1,007 | 0.16 |
| 2022 | 290 | #935 | 0.18 |
| 2021 | 332 | #833 | 0.20 |
| 2020 | 322 | #849 | 0.20 |
| 2019 | 312 | #860 | 0.19 |
| 2018 | 313 | #868 | 0.18 |
| 2017 | 298 | #901 | 0.17 |
| 2016 | 283 | #958 | 0.16 |
Every recorded year (125)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 223 | #1,138 | 0.12 |
| 2014 | 271 | #987 | 0.15 |
| 2013 | 196 | #1,232 | 0.11 |
| 2012 | 165 | #1,404 | 0.09 |
| 2011 | 159 | #1,431 | 0.09 |
| 2010 | 148 | #1,518 | 0.08 |
| 2009 | 157 | #1,485 | 0.09 |
| 2008 | 141 | #1,617 | 0.07 |
| 2007 | 113 | #1,867 | 0.06 |
| 2006 | 153 | #1,459 | 0.08 |
| 2005 | 127 | #1,605 | 0.07 |
| 2004 | 117 | #1,664 | 0.06 |
| 2003 | 96 | #1,908 | 0.05 |
| 2002 | 107 | #1,717 | 0.06 |
| 2001 | 96 | #1,844 | 0.05 |
| 2000 | 85 | #1,976 | 0.05 |
| 1999 | 85 | #1,867 | 0.05 |
| 1998 | 74 | #2,019 | 0.04 |
| 1997 | 86 | #1,762 | 0.05 |
| 1996 | 75 | #1,926 | 0.04 |
| 1995 | 89 | #1,662 | 0.05 |
| 1994 | 91 | #1,655 | 0.05 |
| 1993 | 95 | #1,605 | 0.05 |
| 1992 | 118 | #1,395 | 0.06 |
| 1991 | 113 | #1,422 | 0.06 |
| 1990 | 107 | #1,461 | 0.06 |
| 1989 | 125 | #1,261 | 0.07 |
| 1988 | 115 | #1,276 | 0.06 |
| 1987 | 140 | #1,091 | 0.08 |
| 1986 | 145 | #1,044 | 0.08 |
| 1985 | 167 | #942 | 0.10 |
| 1984 | 145 | #1,000 | 0.09 |
| 1983 | 150 | #977 | 0.09 |
| 1982 | 177 | #875 | 0.10 |
| 1981 | 180 | #864 | 0.11 |
| 1980 | 208 | #791 | 0.13 |
| 1979 | 220 | #742 | 0.14 |
| 1978 | 231 | #690 | 0.15 |
| 1977 | 245 | #657 | 0.16 |
| 1976 | 198 | #743 | 0.14 |
| 1975 | 124 | #993 | 0.09 |
| 1974 | 151 | #866 | 0.10 |
| 1973 | 163 | #805 | 0.11 |
| 1972 | 187 | #749 | 0.12 |
| 1971 | 226 | #681 | 0.14 |
| 1970 | 237 | #673 | 0.14 |
| 1969 | 226 | #661 | 0.13 |
| 1968 | 246 | #613 | 0.15 |
| 1967 | 245 | #608 | 0.15 |
| 1966 | 257 | #591 | 0.15 |
| 1965 | 304 | #543 | 0.17 |
| 1964 | 278 | #597 | 0.15 |
| 1963 | 308 | #555 | 0.16 |
| 1962 | 284 | #589 | 0.14 |
| 1961 | 341 | #529 | 0.17 |
| 1960 | 319 | #542 | 0.16 |
| 1959 | 335 | #529 | 0.17 |
| 1958 | 343 | #525 | 0.17 |
| 1957 | 343 | #514 | 0.17 |
| 1956 | 385 | #475 | 0.19 |
| 1955 | 422 | #430 | 0.22 |
| 1954 | 397 | #439 | 0.20 |
| 1953 | 419 | #424 | 0.22 |
| 1952 | 417 | #412 | 0.22 |
| 1951 | 370 | #436 | 0.21 |
| 1950 | 348 | #434 | 0.20 |
| 1949 | 310 | #454 | 0.18 |
| 1948 | 299 | #462 | 0.18 |
| 1947 | 270 | #502 | 0.15 |
| 1946 | 277 | #472 | 0.18 |
| 1945 | 221 | #489 | 0.17 |
| 1944 | 213 | #495 | 0.16 |
| 1943 | 251 | #467 | 0.18 |
| 1942 | 265 | #452 | 0.20 |
| 1941 | 238 | #445 | 0.20 |
| 1940 | 236 | #445 | 0.21 |
| 1939 | 243 | #432 | 0.22 |
| 1938 | 199 | #470 | 0.18 |
| 1937 | 180 | #488 | 0.17 |
| 1936 | 166 | #505 | 0.16 |
| 1935 | 152 | #522 | 0.14 |
| 1934 | 189 | #470 | 0.18 |
| 1933 | 158 | #508 | 0.16 |
| 1932 | 187 | #484 | 0.18 |
| 1931 | 161 | #516 | 0.15 |
| 1930 | 196 | #479 | 0.17 |
| 1929 | 170 | #524 | 0.15 |
| 1928 | 186 | #505 | 0.16 |
| 1927 | 192 | #506 | 0.16 |
| 1926 | 176 | #527 | 0.15 |
| 1925 | 190 | #511 | 0.16 |
| 1924 | 189 | #521 | 0.15 |
| 1923 | 146 | #602 | 0.12 |
| 1922 | 141 | #618 | 0.12 |
| 1921 | 147 | #598 | 0.12 |
| 1920 | 132 | #624 | 0.11 |
| 1919 | 133 | #610 | 0.12 |
| 1918 | 118 | #652 | 0.10 |
| 1917 | 89 | #748 | 0.08 |
| 1916 | 104 | #674 | 0.10 |
| 1915 | 108 | #636 | 0.11 |
| 1914 | 59 | #756 | 0.08 |
| 1913 | 56 | #700 | 0.09 |
| 1912 | 39 | #805 | 0.07 |
| 1911 | 18 | #1,065 | 0.04 |
| 1910 | 16 | #1,158 | 0.04 |
| 1909 | 21 | #903 | 0.06 |
| 1908 | 13 | #1,189 | 0.04 |
| 1907 | 14 | #1,080 | 0.04 |
| 1906 | 13 | #1,091 | 0.04 |
| 1905 | 12 | #1,153 | 0.04 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,629 | 0.03 |
| 1903 | 14 | #964 | 0.05 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,894 | 0.02 |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,370 | 0.03 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Rosalyn a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Rosalyn has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 125 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Rosalyn: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Rosalyn, and how old are they?
16,900 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 72% of the 23,278 Americans ever recorded as Rosalyn. The median Rosalyn alive today is 50 years old; half are between 17 and 69.
The 2020 Census counted 15,902 people named Rosalyn (15,883 women and girls, 19 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 16,497 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,150 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 5,020 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 3,210 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,970 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,890 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,610 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Rosalyn born?
The states with the most babies named Rosalyn are New York, California and Pennsylvania, with 32% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 2,615 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| California | 1,748 | #994 | 0.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 1,312 | #805 | 1.0× |
| Texas | 1,268 | #1,258 | 0.8× |
| Illinois | 1,201 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Ohio | 1,109 | #864 | 1.0× |
| Georgia | 956 | #1,052 | 1.4× |
| Florida | 811 | #1,162 | 1.1× |
| Michigan | 810 | #729 | 0.9× |
| New Jersey | 565 | not ranked | 0.8× |
Where Rosalyn is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Rosalyn is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 1.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Rosalyn with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 66,474 babies since 1880, Rosalyn is the most given (35% of them). In 2025 it was given to 237 of their 990 babies (24%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Rosalyn
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Rosalyn and names like it
- Compare Rosalyn and RoslynBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sRosalyn peaked in 1955.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Rosalyn since 1910.
- The top names of 1955The year the most babies were named Rosalyn.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Rosalyn alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with RMost given first.