Roslyn
Roslyn was given to 151 girls in 2025, #1,433 among girls’ names; 18,657 Americans have been recorded with it since 1891 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 11,800 Americans named Roslyn and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (63% of everyone recorded); the median is 57 years old and half are between 20 and 70.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Roslyn by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Roslyn mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Roslyn is “a female given name from Latin.”
A variant of Rosaline inspired by the Scottish place name Roslin or Rosslyn.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Roslyn?
#1,433 among girls’ names, 2025
Roslyn fell from #1,312 in 2015 to #1,433 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.10 to 0.09 per 1,000.
376 babies in 1956, the peak
Roslyn peaked in 1956, when 376 girls were given it, #481 among girls’ names. The 151 births of 2025 are 40% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 151 | #1,433 | 0.09 |
| 2024 | 167 | #1,366 | 0.10 |
| 2023 | 154 | #1,451 | 0.10 |
| 2022 | 190 | #1,268 | 0.12 |
| 2021 | 159 | #1,383 | 0.10 |
| 2020 | 159 | #1,372 | 0.10 |
| 2019 | 189 | #1,242 | 0.11 |
| 2018 | 167 | #1,357 | 0.10 |
| 2017 | 180 | #1,306 | 0.10 |
| 2016 | 218 | #1,155 | 0.12 |
Every recorded year (127)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 181 | #1,312 | 0.10 |
| 2014 | 190 | #1,269 | 0.11 |
| 2013 | 172 | #1,359 | 0.10 |
| 2012 | 141 | #1,558 | 0.08 |
| 2011 | 140 | #1,570 | 0.08 |
| 2010 | 113 | #1,814 | 0.06 |
| 2009 | 99 | #2,073 | 0.05 |
| 2008 | 94 | #2,152 | 0.05 |
| 2007 | 72 | #2,594 | 0.04 |
| 2006 | 66 | #2,722 | 0.03 |
| 2005 | 62 | #2,722 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 65 | #2,580 | 0.04 |
| 2003 | 53 | #2,915 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 34 | #3,865 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 53 | #2,799 | 0.03 |
| 2000 | 50 | #2,888 | 0.03 |
| 1999 | 44 | #3,034 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 53 | #2,604 | 0.03 |
| 1997 | 40 | #3,020 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 49 | #2,581 | 0.03 |
| 1995 | 65 | #2,088 | 0.04 |
| 1994 | 43 | #2,833 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 72 | #1,959 | 0.04 |
| 1992 | 62 | #2,175 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 59 | #2,226 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 55 | #2,305 | 0.03 |
| 1989 | 66 | #1,954 | 0.04 |
| 1988 | 80 | #1,630 | 0.04 |
| 1987 | 57 | #1,983 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 70 | #1,687 | 0.04 |
| 1985 | 74 | #1,616 | 0.04 |
| 1984 | 82 | #1,428 | 0.05 |
| 1983 | 70 | #1,601 | 0.04 |
| 1982 | 80 | #1,506 | 0.05 |
| 1981 | 87 | #1,419 | 0.05 |
| 1980 | 85 | #1,446 | 0.05 |
| 1979 | 92 | #1,347 | 0.06 |
| 1978 | 84 | #1,394 | 0.05 |
| 1977 | 117 | #1,105 | 0.08 |
| 1976 | 111 | #1,097 | 0.08 |
| 1975 | 95 | #1,217 | 0.07 |
| 1974 | 119 | #1,010 | 0.08 |
| 1973 | 141 | #893 | 0.10 |
| 1972 | 139 | #903 | 0.09 |
| 1971 | 157 | #861 | 0.09 |
| 1970 | 188 | #767 | 0.11 |
| 1969 | 200 | #710 | 0.12 |
| 1968 | 181 | #734 | 0.11 |
| 1967 | 192 | #706 | 0.12 |
| 1966 | 232 | #629 | 0.14 |
| 1965 | 281 | #571 | 0.16 |
| 1964 | 283 | #589 | 0.15 |
| 1963 | 268 | #615 | 0.14 |
| 1962 | 288 | #583 | 0.15 |
| 1961 | 309 | #569 | 0.15 |
| 1960 | 296 | #572 | 0.15 |
| 1959 | 330 | #534 | 0.16 |
| 1958 | 341 | #526 | 0.17 |
| 1957 | 335 | #524 | 0.16 |
| 1956 | 376 | #481 | 0.19 |
| 1955 | 297 | #534 | 0.15 |
| 1954 | 233 | #593 | 0.12 |
| 1953 | 235 | #577 | 0.12 |
| 1952 | 277 | #506 | 0.15 |
| 1951 | 246 | #533 | 0.14 |
| 1950 | 271 | #489 | 0.16 |
| 1949 | 216 | #572 | 0.13 |
| 1948 | 238 | #536 | 0.14 |
| 1947 | 243 | #539 | 0.14 |
| 1946 | 194 | #577 | 0.12 |
| 1945 | 180 | #546 | 0.14 |
| 1944 | 164 | #573 | 0.12 |
| 1943 | 195 | #540 | 0.14 |
| 1942 | 195 | #533 | 0.14 |
| 1941 | 172 | #536 | 0.14 |
| 1940 | 160 | #545 | 0.14 |
| 1939 | 148 | #550 | 0.13 |
| 1938 | 159 | #540 | 0.14 |
| 1937 | 121 | #614 | 0.11 |
| 1936 | 148 | #536 | 0.14 |
| 1935 | 133 | #555 | 0.13 |
| 1934 | 148 | #534 | 0.14 |
| 1933 | 145 | #528 | 0.14 |
| 1932 | 186 | #486 | 0.17 |
| 1931 | 233 | #425 | 0.22 |
| 1930 | 258 | #409 | 0.23 |
| 1929 | 221 | #443 | 0.20 |
| 1928 | 270 | #417 | 0.23 |
| 1927 | 301 | #397 | 0.25 |
| 1926 | 264 | #421 | 0.22 |
| 1925 | 250 | #438 | 0.21 |
| 1924 | 255 | #437 | 0.20 |
| 1923 | 262 | #413 | 0.22 |
| 1922 | 235 | #441 | 0.20 |
| 1921 | 233 | #454 | 0.19 |
| 1920 | 216 | #460 | 0.18 |
| 1919 | 183 | #499 | 0.16 |
| 1918 | 177 | #521 | 0.15 |
| 1917 | 170 | #509 | 0.16 |
| 1916 | 147 | #549 | 0.14 |
| 1915 | 120 | #598 | 0.12 |
| 1914 | 95 | #584 | 0.12 |
| 1913 | 65 | #644 | 0.10 |
| 1912 | 45 | #755 | 0.08 |
| 1911 | 38 | #711 | 0.09 |
| 1910 | 21 | #965 | 0.05 |
| 1909 | 17 | #1,011 | 0.05 |
| 1908 | 11 | #1,337 | 0.03 |
| 1907 | 12 | #1,200 | 0.04 |
| 1906 | 14 | #1,036 | 0.05 |
| 1905 | 16 | #956 | 0.05 |
| 1904 | 14 | #994 | 0.05 |
| 1903 | 10 | #1,193 | 0.04 |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,444 | 0.03 |
| 1900 | 5 | #2,181 | 0.02 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,560 | 0.03 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,507 | 0.03 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Roslyn a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Roslyn has been given almost only to girls: 10 boys in 127 years of records.
Girls and boys named Roslyn: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Roslyn, and how old are they?
11,800 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 63% of the 18,657 Americans ever recorded as Roslyn. The median Roslyn alive today is 57 years old; half are between 20 and 70.
The 2020 Census counted 11,760 people named Roslyn (11,724 women and girls, 36 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 11,964 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 904 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 4,130 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,220 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,040 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,170 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,260 |
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 Roslyn born?
The states with the most babies named Roslyn are New York, Pennsylvania and California, with 53% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 5,196 | #2,026 | 3.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 1,190 | #1,580 | 1.0× |
| California | 912 | #1,823 | 0.6× |
| Texas | 828 | #2,177 | 0.7× |
| Illinois | 651 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| New Jersey | 607 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Michigan | 486 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Maryland | 481 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Ohio | 455 | #1,015 | 0.5× |
| Louisiana | 425 | not ranked | 1.1× |
Where Roslyn is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Roslyn is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 3.4 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 Roslyn 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 66,046 babies since 1880, Roslyn is the second most given (28% of them). In 2025 it was given to 151 of their 979 babies (15%), the third 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 Roslyn
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 Roslyn and names like it
- Compare Roslyn and RosalynBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sRoslyn peaked in 1956.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Roslyn since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Roslyn: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1956The year the most babies were named Roslyn.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Roslyn alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with RMost given first.