Roselyn
Roselyn was given to 259 girls in 2025, #979 among girls’ names; 14,556 Americans have been recorded with it since 1894 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 11,300 Americans named Roselyn and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (78% of everyone recorded); the median is 17 years old and half are between 9 and 38.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Roselyn by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Roselyn mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Roselyn 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 Roselyn?
#979 among girls’ names, 2025
Roselyn fell from #735 in 2015 to #979 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.22 to 0.16 per 1,000.
459 babies in 2018, the peak
Roselyn peaked in 2018, when 459 girls were given it, #647 among girls’ names. The 259 births of 2025 are 56% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 259 | #979 | 0.16 |
| 2024 | 245 | #1,030 | 0.15 |
| 2023 | 287 | #926 | 0.18 |
| 2022 | 342 | #821 | 0.21 |
| 2021 | 387 | #737 | 0.24 |
| 2020 | 383 | #728 | 0.24 |
| 2019 | 432 | #672 | 0.26 |
| 2018 | 459 | #647 | 0.27 |
| 2017 | 439 | #670 | 0.25 |
| 2016 | 344 | #836 | 0.19 |
Every recorded year (126)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 384 | #735 | 0.22 |
| 2014 | 340 | #817 | 0.19 |
| 2013 | 328 | #821 | 0.19 |
| 2012 | 312 | #857 | 0.18 |
| 2011 | 298 | #881 | 0.17 |
| 2010 | 279 | #930 | 0.16 |
| 2009 | 289 | #928 | 0.16 |
| 2008 | 325 | #857 | 0.17 |
| 2007 | 293 | #924 | 0.15 |
| 2006 | 402 | #710 | 0.21 |
| 2005 | 392 | #702 | 0.21 |
| 2004 | 449 | #612 | 0.24 |
| 2003 | 240 | #968 | 0.13 |
| 2002 | 64 | #2,488 | 0.04 |
| 2001 | 46 | #3,080 | 0.03 |
| 2000 | 48 | #2,965 | 0.03 |
| 1999 | 53 | #2,665 | 0.03 |
| 1998 | 38 | #3,282 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 41 | #2,966 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 45 | #2,744 | 0.03 |
| 1995 | 43 | #2,829 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 44 | #2,786 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 58 | #2,256 | 0.03 |
| 1992 | 35 | #3,252 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 47 | #2,606 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 36 | #3,128 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 43 | #2,639 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 33 | #3,077 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 34 | #2,898 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 40 | #2,503 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 54 | #2,013 | 0.03 |
| 1984 | 46 | #2,179 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 44 | #2,228 | 0.03 |
| 1982 | 34 | #2,752 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 47 | #2,185 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 61 | #1,799 | 0.04 |
| 1979 | 42 | #2,297 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 45 | #2,115 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 64 | #1,653 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 24 | #3,076 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 31 | #2,555 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 30 | #2,541 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 47 | #1,823 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 42 | #1,964 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 52 | #1,749 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 43 | #1,981 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 59 | #1,557 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 63 | #1,430 | 0.04 |
| 1967 | 51 | #1,593 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 55 | #1,508 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 61 | #1,420 | 0.03 |
| 1964 | 68 | #1,368 | 0.04 |
| 1963 | 74 | #1,288 | 0.04 |
| 1962 | 64 | #1,391 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 73 | #1,301 | 0.04 |
| 1960 | 76 | #1,261 | 0.04 |
| 1959 | 83 | #1,172 | 0.04 |
| 1958 | 73 | #1,248 | 0.04 |
| 1957 | 97 | #1,059 | 0.05 |
| 1956 | 90 | #1,094 | 0.04 |
| 1955 | 97 | #1,023 | 0.05 |
| 1954 | 93 | #1,015 | 0.05 |
| 1953 | 97 | #972 | 0.05 |
| 1952 | 106 | #900 | 0.06 |
| 1951 | 96 | #949 | 0.05 |
| 1950 | 92 | #933 | 0.05 |
| 1949 | 84 | #978 | 0.05 |
| 1948 | 99 | #879 | 0.06 |
| 1947 | 109 | #840 | 0.06 |
| 1946 | 91 | #872 | 0.06 |
| 1945 | 82 | #838 | 0.06 |
| 1944 | 88 | #815 | 0.07 |
| 1943 | 119 | #702 | 0.09 |
| 1942 | 132 | #652 | 0.10 |
| 1941 | 97 | #718 | 0.08 |
| 1940 | 106 | #674 | 0.09 |
| 1939 | 97 | #696 | 0.09 |
| 1938 | 91 | #721 | 0.08 |
| 1937 | 97 | #698 | 0.09 |
| 1936 | 110 | #632 | 0.11 |
| 1935 | 84 | #740 | 0.08 |
| 1934 | 85 | #727 | 0.08 |
| 1933 | 82 | #731 | 0.08 |
| 1932 | 106 | #653 | 0.10 |
| 1931 | 125 | #593 | 0.12 |
| 1930 | 134 | #595 | 0.12 |
| 1929 | 118 | #643 | 0.11 |
| 1928 | 113 | #660 | 0.10 |
| 1927 | 123 | #653 | 0.10 |
| 1926 | 103 | #720 | 0.09 |
| 1925 | 114 | #691 | 0.09 |
| 1924 | 100 | #741 | 0.08 |
| 1923 | 99 | #733 | 0.08 |
| 1922 | 111 | #699 | 0.09 |
| 1921 | 81 | #821 | 0.07 |
| 1920 | 81 | #812 | 0.07 |
| 1919 | 80 | #790 | 0.07 |
| 1918 | 80 | #800 | 0.07 |
| 1917 | 73 | #810 | 0.07 |
| 1916 | 68 | #823 | 0.07 |
| 1915 | 67 | #806 | 0.07 |
| 1914 | 50 | #839 | 0.07 |
| 1913 | 30 | #998 | 0.05 |
| 1912 | 20 | #1,210 | 0.04 |
| 1911 | 13 | #1,360 | 0.03 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,501 | 0.03 |
| 1909 | 12 | #1,273 | 0.03 |
| 1908 | 12 | #1,255 | 0.04 |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,340 | 0.02 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,666 | 0.02 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,632 | 0.03 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,564 | 0.03 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,639 | 0.03 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,896 | 0.02 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,662 | 0.02 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,675 | 0.02 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Roselyn a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Roselyn has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 126 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Roselyn: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Roselyn, and how old are they?
11,300 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 78% of the 14,556 Americans ever recorded as Roselyn. The median Roselyn alive today is 17 years old; half are between 9 and 38.
The 2020 Census counted 9,798 people named Roselyn (9,769 women and girls, 29 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 10,084 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 538 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,270 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 713 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 664 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 3,540 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 4,600 |
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 Roselyn born?
The states with the most babies named Roselyn are Texas, California and Florida, with 41% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 33 | #899 | 0.9× |
| California | 29 | #962 | 1.4× |
| Florida | 19 | #860 | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 14 | #721 | 0.5× |
| Ohio | 12 | #788 | 0.7× |
| Illinois | 11 | #842 | 0.8× |
| New York | 10 | #1,399 | 1.3× |
| Georgia | 10 | #973 | 0.5× |
| Michigan | 8 | #945 | 0.6× |
| Indiana | 7 | #903 | 1.1× |
Where Roselyn is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Roselyn is most over-represented in California: 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 Roselyn 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 66,051 babies since 1880, Roselyn is the third most given (22% of them). In 2025 it was given to 259 of their 972 babies (27%), the 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 Roselyn
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 Roselyn and names like it
- Compare Roselyn and RosalynBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sRoselyn peaked in 2018.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Roselyn since 1910.
- The top names of 2018The year the most babies were named Roselyn.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Roselyn alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with RMost given first.