Girls' name · since 1916
Roseland
Roseland has 122 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1947 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,962 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 122
- born since 1916
- 1940s
- peak decade
122 girls have been named Roseland since 1916, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Roseland has 122 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1970.
- #24,962 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 122 born since 1916
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Roseland ranks #24,962 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 122 born since 1916, peaking in the 1940s.
- #24,962 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 122
- born since 1916
- 1940s
- peak decade
Roseland's 122 recorded births place it above 65.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Roseland's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Roseland's full recorded timeline at 1947, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1916, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1947 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Roseland popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1970
- Peak year (1947)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Roseland by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (44 births, 36% of the file).
1940s was Roseland's strongest decade.
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Roseland births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 17
1910s
17 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
44 births
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 1960s
1960s
32 births
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 44 births (36% of all-time use).
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What to do with Roseland's data
- Roseland's decade-level peak was the 1940s (44 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1970s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Roseland: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1947)
Similar record span (~54 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, 1916–1970 (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 Roseland 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.