Girls' name · since 1951
Rosland
281 babies named Rosland in U.S. Social Security records since 1951, with the highest year being 1966. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,479 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 281
- born since 1951
- 1960s
- peak decade
Rosland sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 281 recorded since 1951.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rosland has been recorded 281 times among girls since 1951, 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 1951 to 1991.
- #16,479 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 281 born since 1951
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rosland ranks #16,479 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 281 born since 1951, peaking in the 1960s.
- #16,479 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 281
- born since 1951
- 1960s
- peak decade
Rosland's 281 recorded births place it above 77.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rosland's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rosland's SSA record in two at 1968 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1951, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1966 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rosland popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–1991
- Peak year (1966)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Rosland by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (104 births, 37% of the file).
1960s was Rosland's strongest decade.
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Rosland births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
48 births
- 1960s
1960s
104 births
- 1970s
1970s
84 births
- 1980s 30
1980s
30 births
- 1990s 15
1990s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 104 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Rosland's decade-level peak was the 1960s (104 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 1990s -- 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 Rosland: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1966)
Similar record span (~40 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, 1951–1991 (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 Rosland 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.