Girls' name · since 1917
Rosalynd
Rosalynd has 125 recorded births since 1917 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1977 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,690 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 125
- born since 1917
- 1960s
- peak decade
Rosalynd is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 125 have been recorded since 1917.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rosalynd has been recorded 125 times among girls since 1917, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2023.
- #24,690 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 125 born since 1917
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rosalynd ranks #24,690 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 125 born since 1917, peaking in the 1960s.
- #24,690 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 125
- born since 1917
- 1960s
- peak decade
Rosalynd's 125 recorded births place it above 65.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rosalynd's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rosalynd's full recorded timeline at 1968, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1917, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1977 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rosalynd popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2023
- Peak year (1977)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 107 years of records
Rosalynd by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (24 births, 19% of the file).
1960s was Rosalynd's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Rosalynd births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 9
1920s
9 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
16 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
24 births
- 1970s
1970s
17 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
21 births
- 2020s
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 24 births (19% of all-time use).
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- Rosalynd's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (24 total births) through the 2020s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rosalynd: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~106 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, 1917–2023 (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 Rosalynd 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.